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Definition of Outwit
1. Verb. Beat through cleverness and wit. "Sam cannot outwit Sue "; "She outfoxed her competitors"
Related verbs: Beat, Beat Out, Crush, Shell, Trounce, Vanquish
Generic synonyms: Exceed, Outdo, Outgo, Outmatch, Outperform, Outstrip, Surmount, Surpass
Derivative terms: Beatable
Definition of Outwit
1. v. t. To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.
2. n. The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to
Definition of Outwit
1. Verb. (transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outwit
1. to get the better of by superior cleverness [v -WITTED, -WITTING, -WITS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outwit
Literary usage of Outwit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"What should I care what ev*ry dor doth buz To give the dor, a cant phrase for to
make a fool of a person, or pass a joke upon him, or outwit him. ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1868)
"... can easily outwit an Indian. There, you observe, is Prisoners' Inland, whoso
thick overgrowth was the during the seven years' wnr. ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"To spoil ; to outwit ; to perplex. Hence то QUEER A PITCH (cheap Jacks and
showmen) = to spoil a chance of business ; то QUEER THE NOOSE OR STIFLER = to ..."
4. Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation. by Jonah Barrington (1848)
"... troops totally defeated, their artillery all taken—Races of Castlebar—Ninety
militia men hanged by Lord Cornwallis—French outwit Lord Cornwallis—Lord ..."
5. Letters from Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (1870)
"As I had to report in my last letter, the attempt of the Legates and the Deputation
to outwit and catch the minority by a violation of their own order of ..."
6. Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian by Mathews (Anne Jackson) (1839)
"His dislike of Mr. Mathews, and murderous attack upon him.— An entertainment by
Lee Sugg described.—His scheme to outwit the Welsh, and its failure. ..."
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