outbrag en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + brag.
Meanings
- (transitive) To surpass in bragging.
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(obsolete, transitive) To surpass in beauty or splendor.
Like vnſhorne veluet, on that termleſſe ſkin Whoſe bare out-brag'd the web it ſeem'd to were.
1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outbrags | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outbragging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outbragged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outbragged | Tense=Past | lexicographic |