OUTLEARN

Etymology

Verb

outlearn (third-person singular simple present outlearns, present participle outlearning, simple past and past participle outlearnt or outlearned)

(transitive) To surpass in learning.

(transitive, obsolete) To learn completely and thoroughly; to exhaust knowledge of.

Source: Wiktionary


Out*learn", v. t.

1. To excel or surpass in learing.

2. To learn out [i. e., completely, utterly]; to exhaust knowledge of. Naught, according to his mind, He could outlearn. Spenser. Men and gods have not outlearned it [love]. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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