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outtold

outtold is the simple past and past participle of outtell.

Meaning of outtell

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...

Questions about outtold

What is outtold the simple past and past participle of?
Outtold is the simple past and past participle of outtell.

Words near outtold in the dictionary

  1. outties
  2. outtire
  3. outtired
  4. outtires
  5. outtiring
  6. outtold
  7. outtongue
  8. outtongued
  9. outtongues
  10. outtonguing
  11. outtook

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