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English Dictionary: outwit by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outwit
v
  1. beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
    Synonym(s): outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
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.
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