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outsummed

outsummed is the simple past and past participle of outsum.

Meaning of outsum

Verb

outsum (third-person singular simple present outsums, present participle outsumming, simple past and past participle outsummed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To exceed in number or quantity.
    • She kept her faith; though Odo came by day With missions from the castle that outsummed
      His several hairs, and were of less respect; […]1852, George Henry Boker, The Podesta's Daughter, and Other Miscellaneous Poems, page 38
  2. (transitive) To exceed in total; outweigh
    • No one else cared for him; but he had an instinct that her great love for him outsummed all he could hope from others.1851, Caroline Sheridan Norton, Stuart of Dunleath, page 127

Questions about outsummed

What is outsummed the simple past and past participle of?
Outsummed is the simple past and past participle of outsum.

Words near outsummed in the dictionary

  1. outsulk
  2. outsulked
  3. outsulking
  4. outsulks
  5. outsum
  6. outsummed
  7. outsumming
  8. outsums
  9. outsung
  10. outsurge
  11. outsurged

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