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outruled

outruled is the simple past and past participle of outrule.

Meaning of outrule

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

Questions about outruled

What is outruled the simple past and past participle of?
Outruled is the simple past and past participle of outrule.

Words near outruled in the dictionary

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

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