Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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outlaw

UK /ˈaʊt.lɔː/ · US /ˈaʊt.lɔ/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms outlaws outlawing outlawed Outler Outley

  1. noun A fugitive from the law.
  2. noun (history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
  3. noun A person who operates outside established norms. “The main character in the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.”
  4. noun A wild or violent animal, such as a horse.
  5. noun (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
  6. noun (humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.
  7. noun (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
  8. verb (transitive) To declare illegal.
  9. verb (transitive) To place a ban upon.
  10. verb (transitive) To make or declare (a person) an outlaw.
  11. verb (transitive) To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement. “to outlaw a debt or claim”
  12. verb To deprive of legal force.
  13. proper noun A surname transferred from the nickname.

Synonyms

absconder fugitive bandit wolf's head anti-hero deviant criminal felon crook malefactor criminalize criminalise illegalize illegalise illegitimate illicit outlawed unlawful lawless

Antonyms

legalize

Etymology

From Middle English outlawe, outlagh, utlaȝe, from Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”), borrowed from Old Norse útlagi (“outlaw, fugitive”), equivalent to out- + law. Cognate with Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”).

From outlaw, a nickname for someone who no longer had the protection of the law.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone.
  2. verb To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. Blackstone.
  3. verb To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. "Laws outlawed by necessity." Fuller.

Etymology [AS. , . See Out, and Law.]

Etymology [AS. .]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “outlaw”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details