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单词 out-crafty
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out-craftyv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, crafty adj.
Etymology: < out- prefix + crafty adj. N.E.D. (1903) suggests that the use in quot. a1616 could have been a misprint for out-crafted.
Obsolete.
transitive. To surpass in craftiness or cunning, to outwit. Cf. outcraft v.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > outwit, get the better of
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circumvene1526
crossbitec1555
circumvent1564
gleek1577
outreach1579
fob1583
overreach1594
fub1600
encompassa1616
out-craftya1616
out-knave1648
mump1649
jockey1708
come1721
nail1735
slew1813
Jew1825
to sew up1837
to play (it) low down (on)1864
outfox1872
beat1873
outcraft1879
to get a beat on1889
old soldier1892
to put one over1905
to get one over on1912
to get one over1921
outsmart1926
shaft1959
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iv. 15 That Drug-damn'd Italy, hath out-craftied him, And hee's at some hard point. View more context for this quotation
1661 Princess Cloria iv. 477 Being out-craftied by those of Zutphynons faction and interest.
1759 W. Hawkins Cymbeline iii. 43 Chronicled 'mongst those wise few That have out-craftied woman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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