Outwit

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outwit \Out*wit"\, 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outwit \Out"wit\, 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outwit
       v : beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She
           outfoxed her competitors" [syn: {overreach}, {outsmart},
           {outfox}, {beat}, {circumvent}]
       [also: {outwitting}, {outwitted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "outwit":
     bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on,
     circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe,
     elude, evade, foil, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around,
     get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull,
     have, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle,
     let down, mock, outclass, outdo, outfigure, outflank, outfox,
     outgeneral, outgo, outguess, outjump, outleap, outmaneuver,
     outmarch, outpace, outperform, outplay, outpoint, outrange,
     outreach, outride, outrival, outrun, outshine, outsmart, outstep,
     outstrip, outvie, overjump, overleap, overmatch, overplay,
     overreach, override, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false,
     put something over, snow, stonewall, string along, take in, trick,
     two-time, undo, victimize