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outdevilling

outdevilling is the present participle and gerund of outdevil.

Meaning of outdevil

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

Questions about outdevilling

What is outdevilling the present participle and gerund of?
Outdevilling is the present participle and gerund of outdevil.

Words near outdevilling in the dictionary

  1. outdesigns
  2. outdevil
  3. outdeviled
  4. outdeviling
  5. outdevilled
  6. outdevilling
  7. outdevils
  8. Outdia
  9. outdid
  10. outdiffuse
  11. outdig

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outdevilling (page history and authors); outdevil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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