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| out·rage [ ówt ràyj ] |
noun (plural out·rag·es) |
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1. violent act: an extremely violent or cruel act
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2. offensive act: a very offensive or insulting act
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3. fury: intense anger and indignation aroused by a violent or offensive act
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transitive verb (past and past participle out·raged, present participle out·rag·ing, 3rd person present singular out·rag·es) |
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1. arouse anger in somebody: to make somebody feel intense anger or indignation
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2. violate: to commit a flagrant violation or infringement of something
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3. crime
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archaic
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Same as rape1v (sense 1)
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| [13th century. Via French, "excess, atrocity" < Old French outrer "exceed" < Latin ultra "beyond"] |
