outdevil

outdevil

English

Etymology

out- +‎ devil

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To surpass in devilry.
   • 1871, John Levington, Key to Masonry, and Kindred Secret Combinations (page 205)

     Here they outdevil the devil himself; […]

   • 2007, Joseph Lanza, Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and His Films (page 249)

     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 […]