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outstricken

outstricken is the past participle of outstrike.

Meaning of outstrike

Verb

outstrike (third-person singular simple present outstrikes, present participle outstriking, simple past outstruck, past participle outstruck or outstricken)

  1. (transitive) To strike faster or harder than.
    • […] This blows my heart:
      If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean
      Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do’t, I feel.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Questions about outstricken

What is outstricken the past participle of?
Outstricken is the past participle of outstrike.

Words near outstricken in the dictionary

  1. outstretchedness
  2. outstretcher
  3. outstretchers
  4. outstretches
  5. outstretching
  6. outstricken
  7. outstridden
  8. outstride
  9. outstrided
  10. outstrides
  11. outstriding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outstricken (page history and authors); outstrike (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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