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outswear

outswear verb: to swear (use vulgar or profane language) more frequently or powerfully than.

Verb

outswear (third-person singular simple present outswears, present participle outswearing, simple past outswore, past participle outsworn)

  1. (transitive) To swear (use vulgar or profane language) more frequently or powerfully than.
    • When she was not speaking honeyed words, she used earthy language, outswearing the men around her.1998, Jane Resh Thomas, Behind the mask: the life of Queen Elizabeth I

Forms of outswear

third-person singular presentoutswears
present participleoutswearing
pastoutswore
past participleoutsworn

Origin of outswear

From out- + swear.

Questions about outswear

What does outswear mean?
Outswear means to swear (use vulgar or profane language) more frequently or powerfully than.
What part of speech is outswear?
Outswear is a verb.
What is the past tense of outswear?
The past tense of outswear is outswore.

Words near outswear in the dictionary

  1. outswarms
  2. outsway
  3. outswayed
  4. outswaying
  5. outsways
  6. outswear
  7. outswearing
  8. outswears
  9. outsweat
  10. outsweated
  11. outsweating

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