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 […]

Anagrams

• rule out