ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OUT-HEROD
Originally out-Herod Herod, from Shakespeare's Hamlet (act 3, scene 2).
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OUT-HEROD
PRESENT
Present
I out-herod
you out-herod
he/she/it out-herods
we out-herod
you out-herod
they out-herod
Present continuous
I am out-heroding
you are out-heroding
he/she/it is out-heroding
we are out-heroding
you are out-heroding
they are out-heroding
Present perfect
I have out-heroded
you have out-heroded
he/she/it has out-heroded
we have out-heroded
you have out-heroded
they have out-heroded
Present perfect continuous
I have been out-heroding
you have been out-heroding
he/she/it has been out-heroding
we have been out-heroding
you have been out-heroding
they have been out-heroding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I out-heroded
you out-heroded
he/she/it out-heroded
we out-heroded
you out-heroded
they out-heroded
Past continuous
I was out-heroding
you were out-heroding
he/she/it was out-heroding
we were out-heroding
you were out-heroding
they were out-heroding
Past perfect
I had out-heroded
you had out-heroded
he/she/it had out-heroded
we had out-heroded
you had out-heroded
they had out-heroded
Past perfect continuous
I had been out-heroding
you had been out-heroding
he/she/it had been out-heroding
we had been out-heroding
you had been out-heroding
they had been out-heroding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will out-herod
you will out-herod
he/she/it will out-herod
we will out-herod
you will out-herod
they will out-herod
Future continuous
I will be out-heroding
you will be out-heroding
he/she/it will be out-heroding
we will be out-heroding
you will be out-heroding
they will be out-heroding
Future perfect
I will have out-heroded
you will have out-heroded
he/she/it will have out-heroded
we will have out-heroded
you will have out-heroded
they will have out-heroded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been out-heroding
you will have been out-heroding
he/she/it will have been out-heroding
we will have been out-heroding
you will have been out-heroding
they will have been out-heroding
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would out-Herod
you would out-Herod
he/she/it would out-Herod
we would out-Herod
you would out-Herod
they would out-Herod
Conditional continuous
I would be out-heroding
you would be out-heroding
he/she/it would be out-heroding
we would be out-heroding
you would be out-heroding
they would be out-heroding
Conditional perfect
I would have out-Herod
you would have out-Herod
he/she/it would have out-Herod
we would have out-Herod
you would have out-Herod
they would have out-Herod
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been out-heroding
you would have been out-heroding
he/she/it would have been out-heroding
we would have been out-heroding
you would have been out-heroding
they would have been out-heroding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you out-herod
we let´s out-herod
you out-herod
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
out-heroded
Present Participle
out-heroding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OUT-HEROD»
Discover the use of
out-Herod in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
out-Herod and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
In that year, having patiently waited the problem out, Herod put the twelve-year
charade to an end by slaying Costabar, three of the sons of Baba, and some
prominent men who were in complicity with Costabar (Ant. 15.7.10: 266). The
only ...
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I Never Knew That Was in the Bible
The expression “to out-herod Herod” means “to exceed someone in a particular
quality,” especially wickedness or cruelty. The Herod referred to is Herod the
Great (73—4 B.C.), king of Judea (37—4 B.C.), and the one who had all the baby
...
3
Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans
First a sub-plot had to be played out. Herod's relations with his oldest son,
Antipater (named after his grandfather), had been very volatile. Antipater was
now under sentence of death, a judicial decision that had been confirmed by
Augustus in ...
4
The Spectacle of Japanese American Trauma: Racial ...
Perry's reference to “out-Herod Herod” has generally been understood as
conjuring the ostentatious proclivities of Herod the Great, the brutal ancient king
of Palestine whom the New Testament blames for the massacre of the Innocents
at ...
5
From Aristotelian to Reaganomics: A Dictionary of Eponyms ...
A Dictionary of Eponyms with Biographies in the Social Sciences R. C. S. Trahair.
476 OUT-HEROD HEROD jealousy that is unfounded. Some women see the
aggression favorably at first, believing it indicates they are passionately desired.
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Herod the Great: Statesman, Visionary, Tyrant
... composed thanking them for their loyalty and urging them to be equally loyal to
his successor. Then Ptolemy, Herod's chief minister, stepped forward to read out
Herod's will, noting that its implementation was subject to Augustus's sanction.
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Raising Cain: How the Bible Shapes the Things You Say
Bill Bradley debating during the Democratic primaries, both “arguing over who
was more committed to taking innocent life . . . attempting to 'out-Herod Herod.'” (“
NRL Convention Speakers Focus Ox out of the pit, Pull one's O on Humanizing “ ”
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Introduction to Biblical History
Antigonus gladly paid, with the hope the Parthians would come and bail him out.
Herod was only in Rome seven days before setting sail for Ptolemais on his way
to Galilee. Josephus now spends a large amount of time going into the different ...
The remainder were burned out. Herod now moved south into Samaria but was
forced to turn back to suppress a rebellion. He put down the revolt ruthlessly,
slaughtering the rebels, destroying their strongholds and plundering the
countryside.
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When Time Finally Runs
Out
... Archelaus succeeded Herod as king. He carried out Herod's wishes for an
extended period of mourning and a long funeral before his burial. The time
needed for these ceremonies was approximately twenty-five days, not counting
Sabbaths.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUT-HEROD»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
out-Herod is used in the context of the following news items.
Boko Haram: MURIC blasts Fani-Kayode over "cold-blooded remarks"
... who suddenly realized that the castles he had built in the air had totally collapsed, Jonathan's spokesman was now prepared to out-Herod. «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
Blows Against the Empire
I have already described the pathological savagery of the king at the time, Alexander Jannaeus, who really did out-Herod Herod. As violence ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
Theo-political status of Darbar sahib [Article by Sirdar Kapur Singh]
... Lakhpatrai, a Hindu Dewãn, or chief minister of the military governor of the Punjab, took it into his head to out-herod Herod, to display greater ... «SikhSiyasat.Net, Apr 15»
An artist's eye for the light of Christmas
In the furthest East a madder tyrant's rantings out-Herod Herod. Little children in west Africa go homeless for fear of Ebola infection. None of this ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
The Inexhaustible Hamlet
In his determination to pursue an impossible interpretation, one had the impression, therefore, that Hytner was determined not so much to out-Herod Herod as to ... «City Journal, Sep 14»
Jesus–The Revenge!: A Medieval Drama
When Hamlet talks about an actor who can “out-Herod Herod,” he's talking about the broad and bombastic techniques of acting common to ... «Patheos, Mar 14»
Done in by media, too
The establishment demonises the Baloch, and the media, by and large, is keen to out-herod Herod. Nobody bothers to find out why old Baloch ... «The News on Sunday, Feb 14»
Turkish governor's insult against protester sends shockwaves …
“As the prime minister raises the bar of insults, those bureaucrats who out-Herod him have maximized pressure on the citizens. A revenge ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Nov 13»
You're Alive Today Because of this 19th Century Doctor
... who by their wholesale murders far out-Herod Burke and Hare; of the public sentiment which palliates, pardons, and would even praise this, ... «Aleteia, Sep 13»
When you follow this Story, wear warm socks
(Though Hamlet was not a fan, warning the players not to “out-Herod Herod.”) Rylan Wilkie similarly steals the show as the vain ruler here; his ... «Globe and Mail, Dec 12»
