outwit
11outwit — UK [ˌaʊtˈwɪt] / US [aʊtˈwɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms outwit : present tense I/you/we/they outwit he/she/it outwits present participle outwitting past tense outwitted past participle outwitted to gain an advantage over someone, especially by… …
12outwit — /owt wit /, v.t., outwitted, outwitting. 1. to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent. 2. Archaic. to surpass in wisdom or knowledge. [1645 55; OUT + WIT1] Syn. 1. outguess, outfox,… …
13outwit — verb Outwit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑opponent …
14outwit — verb outwitted, outwitting (T) to gain an advantage over someone using tricks or clever plans: My father spent years trying to build a bird feeder that would outwit the squirrels …
15outwit — verb the murderers always thought they could outwit Columbo, but of course they couldn t Syn: outsmart, outmaneuver, outplay, steal a march on, trick, gull, get the better of, euchre; informal outfox, pull a fast one on, put one over on …
16Outwit (software) — Infobox Software name = OutWit developer = OutWit Technologies first release = May 2008 latest release version = 0.8.1.91 latest release date =September 2008 operating system = Mac OS X, Windows, Linux platform = All genre = Web harvester website …
17outwit — transitive verb ( witted; witting) Date: 1643 1. to get the better of by superior cleverness ; outsmart 2. archaic to surpass in wisdom …
18outwit — verb /aʊtˈwɪt/ To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits. Syn: outfox, outguess, outsmart …
19outwit — Synonyms and related words: bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double cross, dupe, elude, evade, foil, forestall, frustrate, gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround …
20outwit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. frustrate, circumvent, outsmart. See deception. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. baffle, trick, bewilder; see confuse , deceive . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. outsmart, outfox, outthink, beat, *put one …
