outen1
/ˈaʊtn/US regional
verb
1 [with object] To extinguish, put out, erase.
2 [with object] To come out with, utter.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), private detective. From out preposition interjection + -en.
outen2
/ˈaʊtn/Now chiefly British regional and United States regional
adjective
Coming from outside, foreign, alien. Now English regional ( Lincolnshire ).
preposition
Regional ( Scottish, English regional ( northern ), and United States regional (chiefly southern )). Out of; out from.
Origin
Old English (in an earlier sense). Cognate with Old Frisian ūta, Old Saxon ūtan, ūtana, Old High German ūzan, ūzana, Old Icelandic útan, Swedish uten, Danish uden, Gothic ūtana (translating ancient Greek ἔξωθεν from outside) from the Germanic base of out preposition interjection + a Germanic adverbial suffix; for a parallel formation with different suffixation compare out preposition interjection.
- Swe.
- swear
- swear blind (or swear up and down)
- swear by
- swearer
- swearing
- swear like a trooper
- swear off
- swear someone in
- swear something out
- covenant of grace
- covenant of works
- covenantor
- covenant theology
- Covent Garden
- Coventry
- cover
- coverable
- coverage
- coverall
- cover all the bases
- cover band
- cover charge
- cover crop
- Coverdale, Miles