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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To subject to outbreeding.
  • intransitive verb To engage in outbreeding.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To breed outside the limits of the family, variety, race, or tribe.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To breed more successfully than.

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out- +‎ breed

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