CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OUTBRIBE
PRESENT
Present
I outbribe
you outbribe
he/she/it outbribes
we outbribe
you outbribe
they outbribe
Present continuous
I am outbribing
you are outbribing
he/she/it is outbribing
we are outbribing
you are outbribing
they are outbribing
Present perfect
I have outbribed
you have outbribed
he/she/it has outbribed
we have outbribed
you have outbribed
they have outbribed
Present perfect continuous
I have been outbribing
you have been outbribing
he/she/it has been outbribing
we have been outbribing
you have been outbribing
they have been outbribing
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 outbribed
you outbribed
he/she/it outbribed
we outbribed
you outbribed
they outbribed
Past continuous
I was outbribing
you were outbribing
he/she/it was outbribing
we were outbribing
you were outbribing
they were outbribing
Past perfect
I had outbribed
you had outbribed
he/she/it had outbribed
we had outbribed
you had outbribed
they had outbribed
Past perfect continuous
I had been outbribing
you had been outbribing
he/she/it had been outbribing
we had been outbribing
you had been outbribing
they had been outbribing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will outbribe
you will outbribe
he/she/it will outbribe
we will outbribe
you will outbribe
they will outbribe
Future continuous
I will be outbribing
you will be outbribing
he/she/it will be outbribing
we will be outbribing
you will be outbribing
they will be outbribing
Future perfect
I will have outbribed
you will have outbribed
he/she/it will have outbribed
we will have outbribed
you will have outbribed
they will have outbribed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been outbribing
you will have been outbribing
he/she/it will have been outbribing
we will have been outbribing
you will have been outbribing
they will have been outbribing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would outbribe
you would outbribe
he/she/it would outbribe
we would outbribe
you would outbribe
they would outbribe
Conditional continuous
I would be outbribing
you would be outbribing
he/she/it would be outbribing
we would be outbribing
you would be outbribing
they would be outbribing
Conditional perfect
I would have outbribe
you would have outbribe
he/she/it would have outbribe
we would have outbribe
you would have outbribe
they would have outbribe
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been outbribing
you would have been outbribing
he/she/it would have been outbribing
we would have been outbribing
you would have been outbribing
they would have been outbribing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you outbribe
we let´s outbribe
you outbribe
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
outbribed
Present Participle
outbribing
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 «OUTBRIBE»
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outbribe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
outbribe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions
For when an adversary is ready to bribe the judge, and the judge is as ready to
be bribed ; assuredly there is no way so likely to carry the cause, as to outbribe
him. The sensitive part or principle in all the pressing, enticing offers it makes to
the ...
... outbid, and outbribe, the private estabishments in the procuration of subjects.
We were the more pressing for an interdiction of the sale or barter of human flesh,
because we foresaw that it would operate most prejudicially with respect to the ...
3
A Journal Kept in Turkey and Greece in the Autumn of 1857 ...
A new Pasha, and there is one every three or four years, sends word of his arrival
to all the subordinate local officers. This is a notice to all office holders to be
prepared with their bribes, and to all office hunters to be prepared to outbribe
them.
Nassau William Senior, 1859
4
The Life and Correspondence of Major-general Sir John ...
... been accorded to him ten years before; and the Ministers, who were hungering
after more presents, and hoped that the two Ambassadors would strive to
outbribe one another, were glad to welcome Malcolm back again to the Persian
Court.
John William Kaye, John Malcolm, 1856
5
Lobenstein Village: A Novel ...
... £1voured rival, and that some promises had been exchanged between him
and Mary; and knowing Gobel's weak fide, he thought the Senks, who his mother
had given him to understand might be deemed rich, might be able to outbribe him
, ...
August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine, 1804
6
The Hekim Bashi: or the adventures of Giuseppe Antonelli, a ...
This is a notice-to all office-holders to be prepared with their bribes, and to all
oflice-himters to be prepared to outbribe them.' “'And how,' I said, 'do those who
have bribed him get back their money? ' “ 'By increasing the taxation,' he
answered, ...
7
The Christians in Turkey
This is a notice to all office-holders to be prepared with their bribes, and to all
office-hunters to be prepared to outbribe them.' “ 'And how,' I said, ' do those who
have bribed him get back their money 'I ' “'By increasing the taxation,' he
answered ...
William DENTON (Incumbent of St. Bartholomew, Moorfields.), 1863
8
The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852: ...
... told us we were not likely to obtain horses until the following day at the earliest.
They had bribed the postmaster more highly than any of the other unfortunates
collected under this miserable roof, and were evidently prepared to outbribe us ...
9
The Beauty Contest and Other Stories
I saw that the only legitimate way to prevail over Shelmire would be to somehow
raise enough money to outbribe them. Since this was unlikely to happen, we
could choose between giving up and proceeding by other means. While I was in
this ...
10
The hekim bashi: or, The adventures of Giuseppe Antonelli
Humphry Sandwith. NOTES. 321 dinate local officers. This is a notice to all office-
holders to be prepared with their bribes, and to all office-hunters to be prepared
to outbribe them.' " ' And how,' I said, ' do those who have bribed him get back ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUTBRIBE»
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outbribe is used in the context of the following news items.
Reclassification of Internet as Title II Public Utility a Major Victory
Should we begin our own Super PAC just so we can try and outbribe cable companies? There is no clear answer as to how best fight. «The Oracle, Mar 15»
Captured drug lord a cunning, brutal businessman
Guzman, 56, has managed to outmanoeuvre, outfight and outbribe his rivals to stay at the top of the bloody Mexican drug trade for over a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 14»
'Dark Genius of Wall Street': Jay Millionaire
... trying to outbribe, outfox and outswindle each other. Renehan's engaging descriptions of Gould's exploits make the reader realize how much ... «New York Times, Jul 05»