outweed

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ weed.

Verb

outweed (third-person singular simple present outweeds, present participle outweeding, simple past and past participle outweeded)

1. (obsolete) To weed out.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “The Faerie Queene”, in The Works of Edmund Spenser, volume 3, London: printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, T. Payne, Cadell and Davies, and R. H. Evans, published 1805, →OCLC, Canto IV, page 345:

     But ſparks, ſeed, drops, and filth, do thus delay;
     The ſparks ſoone quench, the ſpringing ſeed outweed,
     The drops dry up, and filth wipe cleane away

References

• “outweed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• weedout, weed out