outwit Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outfox; circumvent.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
WordNet
Out*wit" transitive verb
Definitions
To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft. They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! Gauden.
Out"wit noun
Definitions
The faculty of acquiring wesdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. Obs. Piers Plowman.