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outwit
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Outwit \Out*wit"\, v. t.
1. To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[PJC]
They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! --Gauden.
[1913 Webster]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Outwit \Out"wit\, n. The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
