"outsift" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outsifts [present, singular, third-person], outsifting [participle, present], outsifted [participle, past], outsifted [past]
Etymology: From out- + sift. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|out|sift}} out- + sift Head templates: {{en-verb}} outsift (third-person singular simple present outsifts, present participle outsifting, simple past and past participle outsifted)
  1. (transitive, poetic, archaic) To sift out. Tags: archaic, poetic, transitive

Inflected forms

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