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outswell

outswell verb: to exceed in swelling.

Verb

outswell (third-person singular simple present outswells, present participle outswelling, simple past outswelled, past participle outswelled or outswollen)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To exceed in swelling.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To swell beyond; to overflow.
    • Blovv, villain, till thy ſphered bias-cheek / Outſvvell the colic of puff'd Aquilonc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • I ſtand aboue thee, and as from a rocke / VVhoſe eminence outſvvelles the raging flood, / See thy hopes ſhip vvrackt: […]1610, Iohn [i.e., John] Mason, The Turke. A Worthie Tragedie. […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Iohn Busbie […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature D2, verso

Forms of outswell

third-person singular presentoutswells
present participleoutswelling
pastoutswelled
past participleoutswelled
past participleoutswollen

Origin of outswell

From out- + swell.

Questions about outswell

What does outswell mean?
Outswell means to exceed in swelling.
What part of speech is outswell?
Outswell is a verb.
What is the past tense of outswell?
The past tense of outswell is outswelled.

Words near outswell in the dictionary

  1. outsweeps
  2. outsweeten
  3. outsweetened
  4. outsweetening
  5. outsweetens
  6. outswell
  7. outswelled
  8. outswelling
  9. outswellings
  10. outswells
  11. outswept

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