outgrowing

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Verb

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outgrowing

  1. present participle and gerund of outgrow

Noun

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outgrowing (countable and uncountable, plural outgrowings)

  1. That which grows outward; outgrowth.
    • 1857, Carl August Wildenhahn, The Blind Girl of Wittenberg, page 226:
      That which but yesterday seemed laudable and proper in my past life, I to-day feel to have been nothing but the outgrowings of a proud heart and perverted mind.
  2. (chiefly Africa) The supply and purchase arrangement engaged in by an outgrower.

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