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verboutflame (third-person singular simple present outflames, present participle outflaming, simple past and past participle outflamed)
present singular third person outflames · participle present outflaming · participle past outflamed · past outflamed
- poetictransitiveTo burn more brightly than; outshine.
It shall outflame the dying flare / Of all worlds, and survive the final glare.
1885, Marcus Samuel C. Rickards, Sonnets and Reveries, page 151 more example
The banners outflame the blazing morn, / O'er billows of bayonet, sword, and spear.
1864, Frank Moore, Songs of the Soldiers, page 238
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outflame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outflame
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