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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Outwit  \Out*wit"\,  v.  t. 
  To  surpass  in  wisdom,  esp.  in  cunning;  to  defeat  or  overreach 
  by  superior  craft. 
 
  They  did  so  much  outwit  and  outwealth  us  !  --Gauden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Outwit  \Out"wit\,  n. 
  The  faculty  of  acquiring  wisdom  by  observation  and 
  experience,  or  the  wisdom  so  acquired;  --  opposed  to  inwit. 
  [Obs.]  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  outwit 
  v  :  beat  through  cleverness  and  wit;  "I  beat  the  traffic";  "She 
  outfoxed  her  competitors"  [syn:  {overreach},  {outsmart}, 
  {outfox},  {beat},  {circumvent}] 




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