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outtell

outtell verb: to surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.

Verb

outtell (third-person singular simple present outtells, present participle outtelling, simple past and past participle outtold)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.
    • I have out-told the clock.c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, (please...

Forms of outtell

third-person singular presentouttells
present participleouttelling
past participleouttold
pastouttold

Origin of outtell

From out- + tell.

Questions about outtell

What does outtell mean?
Outtell means to surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.
What part of speech is outtell?
Outtell is a verb.
What is the past tense of outtell?
The past tense of outtell is outtold.

Words near outtell in the dictionary

  1. outtasks
  2. outtaste
  3. outtasted
  4. outtastes
  5. outtasting
  6. outtell
  7. outtelling
  8. outtells
  9. outthank
  10. outthanked
  11. outthanking

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