outsuffer en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + suffer.
Meanings
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To exceed in suffering.
All in all, she said, she had spent twenty-one years in gaol; which was a longer sentence than many convicts serve. And yet, there were women walking down there, too, who would outsuffer her. She had seen them come; she dared to say she would not be there to see them leave . . .
1999, Sarah Waters, Affinity, Virago Press (2012), page 15:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outsuffers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outsuffering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outsuffered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outsuffered | Tense=Past | lexicographic |