outbud en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + bud.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive, poetic) To sprout.
that renowmed snake […]Whose many heades out-budding ever new
1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Oh, to die in the Spring-time, the young joyous Spring, When scarce have outbudded the sprigs that they fling
1842, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Halloween:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outbudding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outbudded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outbudded | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outbuds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |