verbWord forms: -swears, -swearing, -swore or -sworn(transitive)
to swear more than or more strongly than
outswear in American English
(ˌautˈswɛər)
transitive verbWord forms: -swore or archaic -sware, -sworn, -swearing
to outdo in swearing
Word origin
[1580–90; out- + swear]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: academic, category, motor, scramble, stigmaout- is a prefixal use of the adverb out, occurring in various senses in compounds (outcast; outcome; outside), and serving also to form many transitive verbs denoting a going beyond, surpassing,or outdoing in the particular action indicated (outbid; outdo; outgeneral; outlast; outstay; outrate)