CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OUTBOAST
PRESENT
Present
I outboast
you outboast
he/she/it outboasts
we outboast
you outboast
they outboast
Present continuous
I am outboasting
you are outboasting
he/she/it is outboasting
we are outboasting
you are outboasting
they are outboasting
Present perfect
I have outboasted
you have outboasted
he/she/it has outboasted
we have outboasted
you have outboasted
they have outboasted
Present perfect continuous
I have been outboasting
you have been outboasting
he/she/it has been outboasting
we have been outboasting
you have been outboasting
they have been outboasting
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 outboasted
you outboasted
he/she/it outboasted
we outboasted
you outboasted
they outboasted
Past continuous
I was outboasting
you were outboasting
he/she/it was outboasting
we were outboasting
you were outboasting
they were outboasting
Past perfect
I had outboasted
you had outboasted
he/she/it had outboasted
we had outboasted
you had outboasted
they had outboasted
Past perfect continuous
I had been outboasting
you had been outboasting
he/she/it had been outboasting
we had been outboasting
you had been outboasting
they had been outboasting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will outboast
you will outboast
he/she/it will outboast
we will outboast
you will outboast
they will outboast
Future continuous
I will be outboasting
you will be outboasting
he/she/it will be outboasting
we will be outboasting
you will be outboasting
they will be outboasting
Future perfect
I will have outboasted
you will have outboasted
he/she/it will have outboasted
we will have outboasted
you will have outboasted
they will have outboasted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been outboasting
you will have been outboasting
he/she/it will have been outboasting
we will have been outboasting
you will have been outboasting
they will have been outboasting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would outboast
you would outboast
he/she/it would outboast
we would outboast
you would outboast
they would outboast
Conditional continuous
I would be outboasting
you would be outboasting
he/she/it would be outboasting
we would be outboasting
you would be outboasting
they would be outboasting
Conditional perfect
I would have outboast
you would have outboast
he/she/it would have outboast
we would have outboast
you would have outboast
they would have outboast
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been outboasting
you would have been outboasting
he/she/it would have been outboasting
we would have been outboasting
you would have been outboasting
they would have been outboasting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you outboast
we let´s outboast
you outboast
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
outboasted
Present Participle
outboasting
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 «OUTBOAST»
Discover the use of
outboast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
outboast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poetical Works of Ben Jonson
Think'st thou, Mime, this is great'! or, that they strive Whose noise shall keep thy
miming most alive, Whilst thou dost raise some player from the grave, Out-dance
the babion, or outboast the brave ; 1' Or, mounted on a stool, thy face doth hit On.
Benjamin Jonson, Robert Bell, 1870
2
The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography
However, Cyrano could outswagger and outboast anyone in France, and his
fearsome sword arm supported his bravest words. In Edmond Rostand's play
Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), the author presents a hero whose swordplay is a
match for ...
3
From Poverty Bay to Broadway: The Story of Tom Heeney
But to the English he had been 'bitten by the bug of loquacity', possibly in an
attempt to outboast Phil Scott. 'Now, with every possible sentiment of affection for
Tom Heeney, we are sadly unable to distinguish between these sentiments of
joyful ...
4
The chronicle of Ethelfled
I should have told them oftener than I have done, that, an' if I were so minded, I
could outboast them all. I make it a matter of conscience never to believe such
personal details, be they narrated never so modestly ; and therefore shall
certainly ...
5
Adventures of Captain Bonneville, Or: Scenes Beyond the ...
Each now tried to outboast and out-talk each other; a quarrel ensued as a matter
of course, and a general fight, according to frontier usage. The two factions drew
out their forces for a pitched battle. They fell to work and belaboured each other ...
Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville, 1837
6
Hog Hunting in the East: And Other Sports
... am like the Scotchman who tried to outboast the Englishman, and declared that
their grapes were magnificent. " ' But, sir/ said the Englishman, ' they are sour.' " ' I
ken that weel,' was the reply ; ' but we aye like SCOTCH TASTE. 285 tilings ...
May we not well blush that Satan should even outboast the living God in the unity
of his subjects, that the children of this world should be wiser in their generation
than the children of light ! Alas, is it a time for mariners to be quarrelling, when ...
8
The History of the Roman Emperors ...
... remarkable parts of the field of battle. “ Here 5' the legions fought; there, the
cavalry: and “ on that side the auxiliary troops coming up, “ charged the enemy's
fi_ank.”- ' The officers, speaking of their own exploits, strove to outboast each
other, ...
Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier, 1814
9
The Calhoun Chronicles Bundle (The Calhoun Chronicles - Book ...
Even more uncanny was the way the men spoke to each other, swaggering about
and describing their fox hunting exploits or tobacco crop, each trying to outboast
the previous one. So this was the world she had missed by living on the island.
10
The Horsemaster's Daughter
Even more uncanny was the way the men spoke to each other, swaggering about
and describing their fox hunting exploits or tobacco crop, each trying to outboast
the previous one. So this was the world she had missed by living on the island.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUTBOAST»
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outboast is used in the context of the following news items.
There's nothing 'normal' about turning down a pay rise
... canting hypocrites trying to outboast each other about how nice they are. Now that politics is a profession, MPs must stop putting off sensible, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
Portraits of a Marriage
The artist wanted to outboast a fellow disciple of the “divine marquis.” To conceal Marie-Thérèse from Olga, Picasso rented an apartment near where he had ... «Vanity Fair, Mar 11»
