outdevil

verb

outdevil

verb

Etymology From out- + devil.

1

To surpass in devilry.

  • Here they outdevil the devil himself; […]1871, John Levington, Key to Masonry, and Kindred Secret Combinations, page 205:
  • For Russell, Crimes of Passion didn't cover new ground—nothing could outdevil The Devils—but it allowed him to ply his obsessions against a new social backdrop: the Reagan-Thatcher years and the rise of televangelists like Jerry Falwell […]2007, Joseph Lanza, Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and His Films, page 249:

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