outpour

noun, verb — 2 senses

outpour

noun

/ˈaʊ̯tpɔː(ɹ)/ · /ˈaʊ̯tpɔɹ/

Etymology From out- + pour.

1

The act of pouring out.

outpour

verb

/aʊ̯tˈpɔː(ɹ)/ · /aʊ̯tˈpɔɹ/

Etymology From out- + pour.

1

To pour out.

  • But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only / That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:
  • I unsealed the vial mystical, / I outpoured the liquid thing, / And while the smoke came wreathing out, / I stood unshuddering.1914, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A True Dream:
Derived terms
outpourer

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