outhire en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + hire.
Meanings
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(obsolete, rare, transitive) To hire out.
When good was onely for it selfe desyred, / And all men sought their owne, and none no more; / When Iustice was not for most meed outhyred, / But simple Truth did rayne, and was of all admyred.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outhires | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outhiring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outhired | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outhired | Tense=Past | lexicographic |