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outwile

outwile verb: to surpass in wile or cunning.

Verb

outwile (third-person singular simple present outwiles, present participle outwiling, simple past and past participle outwiled)

  1. (rare, transitive) To surpass in wile or cunning.

Forms of outwile

third-person singular presentoutwiles
present participleoutwiling
past participleoutwiled
pastoutwiled

Origin of outwile

From out- + wile.

Questions about outwile

What does outwile mean?
Outwile means to surpass in wile or cunning.
What part of speech is outwile?
Outwile is a verb.
What is the past tense of outwile?
The past tense of outwile is outwiled.

Words near outwile in the dictionary

  1. outwhoring
  2. outwick
  3. outwicked
  4. outwicking
  5. outwicks
  6. outwile
  7. outwiled
  8. outwiles
  9. outwiling
  10. outwill
  11. outwilled

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