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outwon

outwon is the simple past and past participle of outwin.

Meaning of outwin

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

Questions about outwon

What is outwon the simple past and past participle of?
Outwon is the simple past and past participle of outwin.

Words near outwon in the dictionary

  1. outwoking
  2. outwoman
  3. outwomaned
  4. outwomaning
  5. outwomans
  6. outwon
  7. outwoo
  8. Outwood
  9. Outwoods
  10. outwooed
  11. outwooing

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