outbrazened

Verb

outbrazen (third-person singular simple present outbrazens, present participle outbrazening, simple past and past participle outbrazened)

1. (archaic, transitive) To stand one's ground or maintain one's point, or defend bad deeds in a brazen manner.
   • But of these folks honestly, and the asseverations of traiterous popish Priests, when at their Tryals or Executions they would outbrazen their guilt with pretensions of innocence1679, The Condemnation of the cheating Popish priest

   Synonyms:

   brazen out

2. (transitive) To surpass in impudence.
   • see their impudence outbrazen'd by a club of mortal puritans1702, Tom Brown, Letters from the Dead to the Living