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Outken vs Outen - What's the difference?

outken | outen |

As verbs the difference between outken and outen

is that outken is to surpass or exceed in kenning while outen is to put out; extinguish.

As a preposition outen is

out; out of; out from.

As an adjective outen is

being from without; strange; foreign; fremd; peculiar.

outken

English

Verb

  • To surpass or exceed in kenning.
  • *1930 , New York State Medical Association, Medical Society of the State of New York, New York State journal of medicine: Volume 30 :
    • Though feeble, they outken the ken Of able scientific men; So one might say "It doesn't pay To be too doggone healthy."

    outen

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) outen, uten, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) Out; out of; out from.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1914 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burrows , title=The Mucker , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=so if any of you ginks are me frien's yeh better keep outen here so's yeh won't get hurted. }}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chiefly, dialectal) Being from without; strange; foreign; fremd; peculiar.
    • an outen man
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, chiefly, dialectal) To put out; extinguish.
    • outen the light
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