Meanings
verboutreason (third-person singular simple present outreasons, present participle outreasoning, simple past and past participle outreasoned)
present singular third person outreasons · participle present outreasoning · participle past outreasoned · past outreasoned
- transitiveTo surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
they cannot out-reason the conscience
a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “(please specify the sermon number)”, in Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume (please specify |volume=VII to XI), London: […] Charles Bathurst, […], published 1744, →OCLC1 more example
to be outreasoned is a frustrating and debilitating experience. It is a far cry from being convinced—it usually makes us shut up
2016, Gary V. Ventimiglia, Free to Run the Race
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