outrule

English

Etymology

out- +‎ rule

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.
    • 1968, Irish Journal of Medical Science (page 309)
      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 […]
  2. (transitive) To rule or reign longer or better than.
    • 2004, Alison Booth, How to Make It as a Woman
      Among those that I do not feature, Queen Elizabeth and Isabella of Castile outruled male monarchs […]

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