outbloom

verb

transitive verb

: to exceed in bloom

outbloomed all other flowers in the garden

intransitive verb

1

[out entry 1 + bloom]

2

: to come into bloom

outbloomed in glories manifold

—Clinton Scollard

3

: to have finished blooming

her azaleas which were famous but all outbloomed by the time we got there

—Catherine Hutter

Word History

Etymology

out- + bloom

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