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outslip en · NOUN

Etymology

From out- + slip.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Something that has slipped out; a mistake, a slip.
   • I often hazard upon certaine outslips [translating boutades] of my minde for which I distrust my selfe; and certaine verball wilie-beguilies, whereat I shake mine eares; but I let them runne at hab or nab […]. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.8:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
outslips	Number=Plur		lexicographic

outslip en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + slip.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To escape, to slip away from.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
outslips	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
outslipping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
outslipped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
outslipped	Tense=Past		lexicographic