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outdevil

outdevil verb: to surpass in devilry.

Verb

outdevil (third-person singular simple present outdevils, present participle (US) outdeviling or (UK) outdevilling, simple past and past participle (US) outdeviled or (UK) outdevilled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in devilry.
    • Here they outdevil the devil himself; […]1871, John Levington, Key to Masonry, and Kindred Secret Combinations, page 205
    • For Russell, Crimes of Passion didn't cover new ground—nothing could outdevil The Devils—but it allowed him to ply his obsessions against a new social backdrop: the Reagan-Thatcher years and the rise of televangelists like Jerry Falwell […]2007, Joseph Lanza, Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and His Films, page 249

Forms of outdevil

third-person singular presentoutdevils
present participle USoutdeviling
present participle UKoutdevilling
past participle USoutdeviled
past USoutdeviled
past participle UKoutdevilled
past UKoutdevilled

Origin of outdevil

From out- + devil.

Questions about outdevil

What does outdevil mean?
Outdevil means to surpass in devilry.
What part of speech is outdevil?
Outdevil is a verb.
What is the past tense of outdevil?
The past tense of outdevil is outdeviled.

Words near outdevil in the dictionary

  1. outdeploy
  2. outdesign
  3. outdesigned
  4. outdesigning
  5. outdesigns
  6. outdevil
  7. outdeviled
  8. outdeviling
  9. outdevilled
  10. outdevilling
  11. outdevils

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