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outwitting

outwitting is the present participle and gerund of outwit.

Meaning of outwit

Verb

outwit (third-person singular simple present outwits, present participle outwitting, simple past and past participle outwitted)

  1. (transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
    • But my dear Lady Teazle 'tis your own fault if you suffer it—when a Husband entertains a groundless suspicion of his Wife and withdraws his confidence from her—the original compact is broke and she owes it to the Honour of her sex to endeavour to outwit him—1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii

Questions about outwitting

What is outwitting the present participle and gerund of?
Outwitting is the present participle and gerund of outwit.

Words near outwitting in the dictionary

  1. outwits
  2. outwittal
  3. outwitted
  4. outwitter
  5. outwitters
  6. outwitting
  7. outwoke
  8. outwoked
  9. outwoken
  10. outwokes
  11. outwoking

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