outsuffer
outsuffer verb: to exceed in suffering.
Verb
outsuffer (third-person singular simple present outsuffers, present participle outsuffering, simple past and past participle outsuffered)
- To exceed in suffering.
- All in all, she said, she had spent twenty-one years in gaol; which was a longer sentence than many convicts serve. And yet, there were women walking down there, too, who would outsuffer her. She had seen them come; she dared to say she would not be there to see them leave . . .1999, Sarah Waters, Affinity, Virago Press (2012), page 15
Forms of outsuffer
| third-person singular present | outsuffers |
|---|---|
| present participle | outsuffering |
| past participle | outsuffered |
| past | outsuffered |
Origin of outsuffer
From out- + suffer.
Questions about outsuffer
- What does outsuffer mean?
- Outsuffer means to exceed in suffering.
- What part of speech is outsuffer?
- Outsuffer is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outsuffer?
- The past tense of outsuffer is outsuffered.
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