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outrule

outrule verb: to rule out; to eliminate by deduction.

Verb

outrule (third-person singular simple present outrules, present participle outruling, simple past and past participle outruled)

  1. (transitive) To rule out; to eliminate by deduction.
    • The possibility of remote Mediterranean ancestry cannot be outruled in the family investigated in the present study, though the pedigree was traced back to 1850 without evidence […]1968, Irish Journal of Medical Science, page 309
  2. (transitive) To rule or reign longer or better than.
    • Among those that I do not feature, Queen Elizabeth and Isabella of Castile outruled male monarchs […]2004, Alison Booth, How to Make It as a Woman

Forms of outrule

third-person singular presentoutrules
present participleoutruling
past participleoutruled
pastoutruled

Origin of outrule

From out- + rule.

Questions about outrule

What does outrule mean?
Outrule means to rule out; to eliminate by deduction.
What part of speech is outrule?
Outrule is a verb.
What is the past tense of outrule?
The past tense of outrule is outruled.

Words near outrule in the dictionary

  1. outrows
  2. outruck
  3. outrucked
  4. outrucking
  5. outrucks
  6. outrule
  7. outruled
  8. outrules
  9. outruling
  10. outrun
  11. outrun the constable

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