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outsworn

outsworn is the past participle of outswear.

Meaning of outswear

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

Questions about outsworn

What is outsworn the past participle of?
Outsworn is the past participle of outswear.

Words near outsworn in the dictionary

  1. outswingers
  2. outswinging
  3. outswings
  4. outswollen
  5. outswore
  6. outsworn
  7. outswum
  8. outswung
  9. outta
  10. outta sight
  11. outta sight, outta mind

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