(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you are ~ed by someone, they are a lot better than you are at a particular activity.
Mason was ~ed by Lennox Lewis in his tragic last fight at Wembley...
Few city hotels can ~ the Hotel de Crillon.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
2.
If one thing ~es another thing, the first thing is of a much higher quality than the second thing.
These planes are ~ed by the most recent designs from the former Soviet Union...
The story ~es anything written by Frederick Forsyth.
VERB: be V-ed, V n