Synonyms for outwit
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : out-wit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌaʊtˈwɪt |
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Définition of outwit
Origin :- "to get the better of by superior wits," 1650s, from out + wit. Related: Outwitted; outwitting.
- verb deceive
- How it swells my pride, to have been able to outwit such a vigilant charmer!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And there for a while they sat discussing plans to outwit the enemy and draw his sting.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- To outwit them was his first thought, but he must defeat their ends if it cost him his life.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- A mere chit of a girl should not outwit him in that fashion.
- Extract from : « Jolly Sally Pendleton » by Laura Jean Libbey
- To outwit these enemies both of the Laniers and her husband must disappear.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- The fox said that man had stolen his cunning, and could now outwit him.
- Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
- He thinks he has the cunning of all the animals, and that no one can outwit him.
- Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
- The fox is the synonym of cunning, and will often outwit the shrewdest trapper.
- Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis
- You thought to outwit me; we shall see which will outwit the other.
- Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai
- I was strangely confident at the time that we should outwit our bloodthirsty foes.
- Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
Antonyms for outwit
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