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OUTRAGING
Verb
outraging
present participle of outrage
Noun
outraging (plural outragings)
(archaic) The committing of an outrage.
Anagrams
• ragouting
Source: Wiktionary
OUTRAGE
Out*rage", v. t. Etym: [Out + rage.]
Definition: To rage in excess of. [R.] Young.
Out"rage, n. Etym: [F. outrage; OF. outre, oltre, beyond (F. outre, L. ultra) + -age, as, in courage, voyage. See Ulterior.]
1. Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. Chaucer. He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country. Spenser.
2. Excess; luxury. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn.
– Affront; insult; abuse. See Affront.
Out"rage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outragen; p. pr. & vb. n. Outraging.] Etym: [F. outrager. See Outrage, n.]
1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse. Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return. Atterbury. This interview outrages all decency. Broome.
2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).
Out"rage, v. t.
Definition: To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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