noun
Meaning 1
A former inmate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Standard Lemma guide
outmate
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verb
Meaning 2
To mate with an individual who is not part of one's immediate social group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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verb
Meaning 3
To surpass in finding mates; to outbreed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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verb
Meaning 4
To outmatch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
Etymology
From out- + -mate, by analogy with inmate.
From out- + mate.