outrank

[out-rangk]

verb (used with object)

to have a higher rank than: A major outranks a captain in the army.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; out- + rank¹

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outrank (ˌaʊtˈræŋk)

—vb
1.	to be of higher rank than
2.	to take priority over

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