outen means A surname from Dutch.
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outen is pronounced /ˈaʊtən/.
Etymology
* As an English surname, topographic surname from Middle English ove (“above”) (from Old English ufan) + toun (“village, town”). Also a variant of Oulton, Oughton (itself from Old English Ofa + tun). * As a Dutch surname, variant spelling of Ooten.
name
- A surname from Dutch.
adj
- Being from without; strange; foreign; peculiar.e.g.“an outen man”
prep
- Out; out of; out from.e.g.“[…] so if any of you ginks are me frien's yeh better keep outen here so's yeh won't get hurted.” — 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:
verb
- To put out; extinguish.e.g.“I shined the light directly in his eyes, temporarily blinding him, then outened it and ran through the tunnel in the dark as best I could, not knowing where I was going.” — 2012, K. A. Kron, Shades of Gray, page 2017:
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