outwellv.
/ˌaʊtˈwɛl/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈwɛl/ Chiefly poetic. Now rare.† 2. transitive. To pour forth. Obsolete. rare.
1. intransitive. To pour or flow out.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > be emitted [verb (intransitive)]
yetOE
outstreama1275
waltc1400
outwellc1443
sluice1859
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > copiously or continuously
flowc825
outfloweOE
outstreama1275
streama1300
boilc1300
welta1400
buschc1400
waltc1400
outwellc1443
pour1538
outgush1558
gush1577
outpour1581
spew1670
well1812
sluice1859
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 79 (MED) Þe beyng, substaunce, or godhede is þe foundement, grounde, and welle of whom alle dignitees and oþere þingis longing to þe godhede out wellen.
a1500 (?a1325) Otuel & Roland (1935) 927 (MED) Oger do off hys stede ffelle, And the Blod of hys Body out-welle.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ix. lxxxvi. 176 Midst his wrath, his manly teares outwell.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. 320 From virtue's fount the purest joys outwell.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Claribel 18 The slumbrous wave outwelleth.
1849–50 W. Wordsworth Poet. Wks. XII. iv The crime confessed, a kneeling Penitent Before the Altar, where the Sacrament Softens his heart, till from his eyes outwell Tears of salvation.
1885 P. Holdsworth Austral. in Station Hunting 2 Summoned by thy power, Dainty and swift once more their melody outwells.
1913 R. Kane Good Friday to Easter Sunday 63 Opening the flood-gates of the arteries until heavy masses of purple outwelled into dark pools round the feet of the Lamb of God!
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > emit copiously [verb (transitive)]
outyeta1400
effundc1420
shed1430
diffude?a1475
skail1513
effuse1526
diffuse1541
flow1550
outwell1590
spend1602
pour1604
exfuse1612
effude1634
profund1657
efflux1669
profuse1771
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > copiously > in or as in a stream
runeOE
ayetOE
yetOE
hieldc1200
pourc1330
bleed1377
spouta1398
wella1398
outyeta1400
wellc1400
effundc1420
streama1425
shed1430
diffude?a1475
skail1513
peera1522
effuse1526
diffuse1541
flow1550
gusha1555
outpoura1560
brew1581
outwell1590
spend1602
spin1610
exfuse1612
guttera1618
effude1634
disembogue1641
profund1657
efflux1669
decant1742
profuse1771
sluice1859
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A6 His fattie waues doe fertile slime outwell.
1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. Kv When..Simois and Xanthus blood outwelde.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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