2. Verb. To gain an advantage by simply waiting ¹
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Definition of Outwait
1. to exceed in patience [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outwait
Literary usage of Outwait
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith (1920)
"The long- step away from the medieval to the modern systec taken in the sixteenth
century, and its outwait and visible sign was the substitution of the ..."
2. Afghanistan's Two-Party Communism: Parcham and Khalq by Anthony Arnold (1983)
"Patiently do good works, give gifts, and try to outwait the resistance. Some efforts
along these lines have been made, including free distribution of cheap ..."
3. Apollo's Warriors: United States Air Force Special Operations During the by Michael E. Haas (1998)
"... learned that they could simply outwait the flare- the same couldn't be said
for its prospects in the ship's fuel endurance before resuming the attack. ..."
4. The Principles of Midwifery: Including the Diseases of Women and Children by John Burns (1843)
"Sec also case by Mr outwait, in New Lond. Med. Jour. Vol. ii. p. 172.—Mr Simmons,
Med. Facts and Obs. Vol. ip 76. ..."
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