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out·pour·ing

   [out-pawr-ing, -pohr-]
noun
something that pours out or is poured out; an outflow, overflow, or effusion: an outpouring of sympathy from her friends.
Origin:
1750–60; out- + pouring

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out·pour

   [n. out-pawr, -pohr; v. out-pawr, -pohr]
noun
1.
outpouring.
verb (used with object)
2.
to pour out.
Origin:
1665–75; out- + pour

Related forms
out·pour·er, noun
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outpouring (ˈaʊtˌpɔːrɪŋ)
 
—n
1.  a passionate or exaggerated outburst; effusion
2.  outpour another word for outpour

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outpouring
1757, "action of pouring out," from out + inf. of pour (q.v.). Originally transf., of things spiritual; sense of "that which is poured out" (again, usually transf.) is first recorded 1827.
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