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overwit

overwit verb: to outwit.

Verb

overwit (third-person singular simple present overwits, present participle overwitting, simple past and past participle overwitted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To outwit.
    • He knows no guilt, who knows no sin.
      ⁠Yet well they merit to be pitied,
      By clients always overwitted.c. 1728, Jonathan Swift, The Answer to Paulus, an Epigram

Forms of overwit

third-person singular presentoverwits
present participleoverwitting
past participleoverwitted
pastoverwitted

Origin of overwit

From over- + wit.

Questions about overwit

What does overwit mean?
Overwit means to outwit.
What part of speech is overwit?
Overwit is a verb.
What is the past tense of overwit?
The past tense of overwit is overwitted.

Words near overwit in the dictionary

  1. overwires
  2. overwiring
  3. overwisdom
  4. overwise
  5. overwisely
  6. overwit
  7. overwithered
  8. overwithheld
  9. overwithhold
  10. overwithholding
  11. overwithholds

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