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To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular.

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  1. v. t. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular.
  2. v. surpass someone in cruelty or evil
  3. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. "It out-Herods Herod." Shak. Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott.
  4. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in anyvicious or offensive particular. "It out-Herods Herod." Shak.Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott.
  5. v surpass someone in cruelty or evil