outflame en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + flame.
Meanings
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(poetic, transitive) To burn more brightly than; outshine.
It shall outflame the dying flare / Of all worlds, and survive the final glare.
1885, Marcus Samuel C. Rickards, Sonnets and Reveries, page 15:The banners outflame the blazing morn, / O'er billows of bayonet, sword, and spear.
1864, Frank Moore, Songs of the Soldiers, page 238:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outflaming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outflames | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outflamed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outflamed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |