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out⋅pour⋅ing

  [out-pawr-ing, -pohr-]
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–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

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:
outpourer, noun
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out·pour   (out-pôr', -pōr')   
intr. & tr.v.   out·poured, out·pour·ing, out·pours
To flow out rapidly; pour out.
n.   (out'pôr', -pōr')
A rapid outflow; an outpouring: an outpour of sympathy.
out·pour'er n.
out·pour·ing   (out'pôr'ĭng, -pōr'-)   
n.  

  1. The act of pouring out.

  2. Something that pours out or is poured out; an outflow: an outpouring of lava; an outpouring of charges and countercharges.

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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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