GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Outwit (?), v. t.
   1. To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning.
   
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   2. To defeat or gain an advantage over by superior craft or cunning stratagems; as, “the thief outwitted his pursuers and left the country undetected”.
   
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   They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! Gauden.
   
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2.       
   Outwit (?), n. The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [Obs.]  Piers Plowman.
   
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