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outwill

outwill verb: to surpass in force of will.

Verb

outwill (third-person singular simple present outwills, present participle outwilling, simple past and past participle outwilled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in force of will.
    • Many times a whole audience will not only be crowded into a small room, but are noisy disbelievers, call it all a humbug, distract the mind of the magnetizer, and added to these, absolutely outwill the magnetizer, in their wish to bring odium upon the science, and carry their points and gain their...1845, Bagg on Magnetism: Or the Doctrine of Equilibrium
    • Even if not, Somali resolve would have still remained strong enough during World War I to outwill the British.2014, Noriyuki Katagiri, Adapting to Win, page 128

Forms of outwill

third-person singular presentoutwills
present participleoutwilling
past participleoutwilled
pastoutwilled

Origin of outwill

From out- + will.

Questions about outwill

What does outwill mean?
Outwill means to surpass in force of will.
What part of speech is outwill?
Outwill is a verb.
What is the past tense of outwill?
The past tense of outwill is outwilled.

Words near outwill in the dictionary

  1. outwicks
  2. outwile
  3. outwiled
  4. outwiles
  5. outwiling
  6. outwill
  7. outwilled
  8. outwilling
  9. outwills
  10. outwin
  11. outwind

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