Definition of Outstretches

1. Verb. (third-person singular of outstretch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outstretches

1. outstretch [v] - See also: outstretch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outstretches

outstink
outstinking
outstinks
outstood
outstorm
outstormed
outstorming
outstorms
outstrategize
outstrategized
outstrategizing
outstreet
outstreets
outstretch
outstretched
outstretches (current term)
outstretching
outstricken
outstridden
outstride
outstrides
outstriding
outstrike
outstrikes
outstriking
outstripped
outstripping
outstrips
outstrive

Literary usage of Outstretches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review (1874)
"... Wakeful Zeus his hand outstretches ; And its folk is waxen brave. * " Out—through the fresh and flourished lusty vale." From the beautiful poem of ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... whole of his alms, The heart outstretches its eager palms; For a god goes with it and makes it store To the soul that was starving in darkness before. ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"... thread of the all-sustaining Beauty Which runs through all and doth all unite, — The hand cannot clasp the whole of his alms, The heart outstretches its ..."

4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"The white railing races with all the white faces, The chestnut outpaces, outstretches the brown. On still past the gateway she strains in the straightway, ..."

5. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"... whole of his alms, The heart outstretches its eager palms; For a god goes with it ¡md makes it store To the soul that was starving in darkness before. ..."

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