outsift en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + sift.
Meanings
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(archaic, poetic, transitive) To sift out.
So let me not sift amiss, / But by Wisdom still be taught / To outsift each evil thought / From the mind, and keep behind / The food of bliss.
1872, John Charles Curtis, The New Poetical Reader, page 140:But when we are uplifted, / And all the chaff outsifted […]
1873, Sara Louisa Oberholtzer, Violet Lee, and Other Poems, page 72:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outsifts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outsifted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outsifted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outsifting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |