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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

outsport en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + sport.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To exceed in sporting; to outdo.
    • not to outsport discretion c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outsporting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outsports Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outsported Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outsported Tense=Past lexicographic