overwit

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verb

To outwit.

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Meanings

verboverwit (third-person singular simple present overwits, present participle overwitting, simple past and past participle overwitted)

present singular third person overwits · participle present overwitting · participle past overwitted · past overwitted

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo 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

Origin

From over- + wit.

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APA

overwit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwit

MLA

“overwit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overwit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwit.

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