† overwitv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To get the better of by cunning; to outwit.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > circumvent or overreach
overgoc1275
circumvene1526
circumvent1564
undercreep1592
overreach1594
circuit1614
out-juggle1620
outwit?1630
out-plot1648
overwit1671
Cretizea1673
outjockey1714
to steal a march1771
to get over ——1784
Jew1825
outfox1872
outsmart1926
blindside1968
1671 R. Baxter Difference between Power of Magistrates & Church-pastors i. 8 The Popes Agents are commonly bred up in Learning, and so are made able to over-wit the Laity.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 245 Some..disdaining to be overwitted by them [sc. the Scots]..resolv'd to do the same things with them.
a1745 J. Swift Answer Paulus 60 Yet well they merit to be pitied, By clients always overwitted.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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