Hypertext Webster Gateway: "outwit"
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) 1.7 (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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