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outwit |
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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