"outrule" meaning in English

See outrule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: outrules [present, singular, third-person], outruling [participle, present], outruled [participle, past], outruled [past]
Etymology: out- + rule Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|rule}} out- + rule Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outrule-en-verb-e2pkj00z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 77 23
  2. (transitive) To rule or reign longer or better than. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outrule-en-verb--9nSe3ni

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for outrule meaning in English (2.0kB)

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