"outwit" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From out- + wit.",
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          "text": "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",
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        "To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits."
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          "wit",
          "wit"
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        "(transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits."
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        {
          "word": "outfox"
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          "word": "outguess"
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        {
          "word": "outsmart"
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        {
          "word": "overreach"
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          "sense": "to beat in a battle of wits",
          "word": "être plus malin"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to beat in a battle of wits",
          "word": "whakawareware"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to beat in a battle of wits",
          "word": "rorerau"
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          "sense": "to beat in a battle of wits",
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      "word": "outfox"
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "word": "overreach"
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      "sense": "to beat in a battle of wits",
      "word": "être plus malin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to beat in a battle of wits",
      "word": "whakawareware"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to beat in a battle of wits",
      "word": "rorerau"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to beat in a battle of wits",
      "word": "överlista"
    }
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  "word": "outwit"
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