outwit

verb (outwit, outwits, outwitted, outwitting)

«outwit» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To outwit someone is to beat them by being cleverer than they are, often by a trick. tree →
(in tales) A clever little hero outwits a giant or a fox. tree →

In the lessons

in stories the clever small hero gets the better of a bigger, stupider enemy; in talk «you can't outwit me» means you can't trick me

Examples

I did not see that you were outwitting me. tree →
The little dwarf outwitted the great useless creatures. tree →
I must outwit these fish somehow. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

In Genesis it translates a word meaning that Jacob stole Laban's heart by leaving secretly.

Interpretation. The commentators discuss Jacob's secret flight and whether it was a trick, as Laban claimed.

Examples

And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled. (Torah GEN.31.20, JPS 1917) tree →
And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword? (Torah GEN.31.26, JPS 1917) tree →
Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and outwit me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp; (Torah GEN.31.27, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «outwit» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«outwit» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «outwit» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«outwit» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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