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overwitting

overwitting is the present participle and gerund of overwit.

Meaning of overwit

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

Questions about overwitting

What is overwitting the present participle and gerund of?
Overwitting is the present participle and gerund of overwit.

Words near overwitting in the dictionary

  1. overwithhold
  2. overwithholding
  3. overwithholds
  4. overwits
  5. overwitted
  6. overwitting
  7. overwoke
  8. overwoman
  9. overwomanly
  10. overwomen
  11. overwon

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