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Outwit
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The faculty of acquiring wesdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft. They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! Gauden.