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outwin

outwin verb: to win a way out (of); to escape (from).

Verb

outwin (third-person singular simple present outwins, present participle outwinning, simple past and past participle outwon)

  1. (obsolete) To win a way out (of); to escape (from).
    • It is a darksome delve farre under ground, / With thornes and barren brakes environd round, / That none the same may easily out-win […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of outwin

third-person singular presentoutwins
present participleoutwinning
past participleoutwon
pastoutwon

Origin of outwin

From Middle English outwinnen, equivalent to out- + win.

Questions about outwin

What does outwin mean?
Outwin means to win a way out (of); to escape (from).
What part of speech is outwin?
Outwin is a verb.
What is the past tense of outwin?
The past tense of outwin is outwon.

Words near outwin in the dictionary

  1. outwiling
  2. outwill
  3. outwilled
  4. outwilling
  5. outwills
  6. outwin
  7. outwind
  8. outwinded
  9. outwinding
  10. outwinds
  11. outwing

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