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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

outspy en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + spy.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To surpass in spying.
    • Comrade Zelenko, as a spy, you are worthless! That girl could outspy you any day. 1939, Anna M. Kluchansky, Commissar Krilenko, page 178:

Forms

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outspied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outspied Tense=Past lexicographic
outspying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outspies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic