outwell
outwell verb: to well outward; to issue forth.
Verb
outwell (third-person singular simple present outwells, present participle outwelling, simple past and past participle outwelled)
- To well outward; to issue forth.
- […] when old father Nilus gins to swell
With timely pride aboue the Aegyptian vale,
His fattie waues doe fertile slime outwell,
And ouerflow each plaine and lowly dale:1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 9 - […] Religion that rebuketh prophane lamentation, drinkes in the riuers of those dispaireful teares, which languorous ruth hath outwelled […]1591, Philip Sidney, “Somewhat to reade for them that list”, in Astrophel and Stella, London: Thomas Newman
- […] when old father Nilus gins to swell
Proper noun capitalized: Outwell
Outwell
- A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF5103).
Forms of outwell
| third-person singular present | outwells |
|---|---|
| present participle | outwelling |
| past participle | outwelled |
| past | outwelled |
Origin of outwell
From out- + well.
From Old English ūt (“out, outer”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
Questions about outwell
- What does outwell mean?
- Outwell means to well outward; to issue forth.
- What part of speech is outwell?
- Outwell can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of outwell?
- The past tense of outwell is outwelled.
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