| 释义 |
† overˈwit, v. Obs.
[over- 21.]
trans. To overreach or get the better of by craft or acuteness; to outwit.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §48 Some..disdaining to be overwitted by them [the Scots]..resolved to do the same things with them. 1671Baxter Power of Mag. & Church P. i. 8 The Popes Agents are commonly bred up in Learning, and so are made able to over-wit the Laity. a1745Swift Answ. Paulus 60 Yet well they merit to be pitied, By clients always overwitted. |