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outruling

outruling is the present participle and gerund 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 outruling

What is outruling the present participle and gerund of?
Outruling is the present participle and gerund of outrule.

Words near outruling in the dictionary

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

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