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outrules

outrules is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 outrules

What is outrules the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outrules is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outrule.

Words near outrules in the dictionary

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

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