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outswear en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + swear.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To swear (use vulgar or profane language) more frequently or powerfully than.
    • When she was not speaking honeyed words, she used earthy language, outswearing the men around her. 1998, Jane Resh Thomas, Behind the mask: the life of Queen Elizabeth I:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outswears Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outswearing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outsworn Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outswore Tense=Past lexicographic