outrule

verb — 2 senses

outrule

verb

Etymology From out- + rule.

1

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

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:

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