Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To burn away; be consumed by fire.
- To exceed in burning; burn longer than.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To exceed in burning.
- verb To burn entirely; to be consumed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
burn away; beconsumed byfire . - verb transitive To
exceed inburning ; burn longer than.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From out- + burn.
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