outquench en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + quench.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To quench entirely; to extinguish.
And makes huge hauocke, whiles the candlelight / Out quenched, leaues no skill nor difference of wight.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outquenches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outquenched | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outquenched | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outquenching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |