OUTBURN

Etymology

Verb

outburn (third-person singular simple present outburns, present participle outburning, simple past and past participle outburnt or outburned)

(intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire.

(transitive) To exceed in burning; burn longer than.

Anagrams

• burn out, burnout

Source: Wiktionary


Out*burn", v. t. & i.

1. To exceed in burning.

2. To burn entirely; to be consumed. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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