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outstrain en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + strain.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To outdo by straining.
    • The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest. 1891, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine:
  2. (poetic, transitive) To strain or filter outward.
    • Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining, Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer! c. 1887, George MacDonald, A Song For Christmas:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outstraining Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outstrained Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outstrained Tense=Past lexicographic
outstrains Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic