outdebate

verb

out·​de·​bate ˌau̇t-di-ˈbāt 

-dē-

outdebated; outdebating

transitive verb

: to outdo in debating : to win a debate against

… played a tobacco lobbyist who jokes about being a merchant of death and gleefully outdebates all comers.

—Michael Shnayerson

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above