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outweeding

outweeding is the present participle and gerund of outweed.

Meaning of outweed

Verb

outweed (third-person singular simple present outweeds, present participle outweeding, simple past and past participle outweeded)

  1. (obsolete) To weed out.
    • But ſparks, ſeed, drops, and filth, do thus delay;
      The ſparks ſoone quench, the ſpringing ſeed outweed,
      The drops dry up, and filth wipe cleane away1590, Edmund Spenser, “The Faerie Queene”, in The Works of Edmund Spenser, volume 3, London: printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, T. Payne, Cadell and Davies, and R. H. Evans, published 1805, →OCLC...

Questions about outweeding

What is outweeding the present participle and gerund of?
Outweeding is the present participle and gerund of outweed.

Words near outweeding in the dictionary

  1. outweave
  2. outweaves
  3. outweaving
  4. outweed
  5. outweeded
  6. outweeding
  7. outweeds
  8. outweep
  9. outweeping
  10. outweeps
  11. outweigh

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