outbow

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/aʊtˈbaʊ/

verb

To surpass in bowing.

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Meanings

verboutbow (third-person singular simple present outbows, present participle outbowing, simple past and past participle outbowed)

present singular third person outbows · participle present outbowing · participle past outbowed · past outbowed

  1. transitiveTo surpass in bowing.

    His character and gloves are ever clean, / And then he can outbow the bowing dean

    1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published 1741, →OCLC

Origin

From out- + bow.

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APA

outbow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbow

MLA

“outbow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outbow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outbow.

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