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out-Byzantine

out-Byzantine verb: to appear to be a more subtle negotiator than; to outsmart.

Verb

out-Byzantine (third-person singular simple present out-Byzantines, present participle out-Byzantining, simple past and past participle out-Byzantined)

  1. (transitive) To appear to be a more subtle negotiator than; to outsmart.
    • Although Ambassador Korry had admonished the president that “trying to out-Byzantine” the emperor “would be futile and counterproductive” and that Kennedy therefore should “spell out details of the U.S. program and justification from the start,” Washington tried to outsmart HIM […]2011, Theodore Vestal, The Lion of Judah in the New World, page 127

Forms of out-Byzantine

third-person singular presentout-Byzantines
present participleout-Byzantining
past participleout-Byzantined
pastout-Byzantined

Origin of out-Byzantine

From out- + Byzantine.

Questions about out-Byzantine

What does out-Byzantine mean?
Out-Byzantine means to appear to be a more subtle negotiator than; to outsmart.
What part of speech is out-Byzantine?
Out-Byzantine is a verb.
What is the past tense of out-Byzantine?
The past tense of out-Byzantine is out-Byzantined.

Words near out-Byzantine in the dictionary

  1. out-boobed
  2. out-boobing
  3. out-boobs
  4. out-book
  5. out-books
  6. out-Byzantine
  7. out-Byzantined
  8. out-Byzantines
  9. out-Byzantining
  10. out-chorus
  11. out-choruses

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