OUTWITTED

OUTWIT

outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent

(verb) beat through cleverness and wit; “I beat the traffic”; “She outfoxed her competitors”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

outwitted

simple past tense and past participle of outwit

Source: Wiktionary


OUTWIT

Out*wit", v. t.

Definition: To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft. They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! Gauden.

Out"wit, n.

Definition: The faculty of acquiring wesdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 February 2025

TRANSLATION

(noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm


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Coffee Trivia

International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.

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