outdevil

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verb

To surpass in devilry.

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Meanings

verboutdevil (third-person singular simple present outdevils, present participle (US) outdeviling or (UK) outdevilling, simple past and past participle (US) outdeviled or (UK) outdevilled)

present singular third person outdevils · US participle present outdeviling · UK participle present outdevilling · US participle past outdeviled · US past outdeviled · UK participle past outdevilled · UK past outdevilled

  1. transitiveTo surpass in devilry.

    Here they outdevil the devil himself; […]

    1871, John Levington, Key to Masonry, and Kindred Secret Combinations, page 205
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From out- + devil.

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APA

outdevil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdevil

MLA

“outdevil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdevil. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outdevil,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdevil.

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