outwit

«outwit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to beat them by being cleverer than they are, often by a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (outwit, outwits, outwitted, outwitting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To outwit someone is to beat them by being cleverer than they are, often by a trick. tree →

2) (in tales) A clever little hero outwits a giant or a fox. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

• 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 →
• 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 the corpora

• And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «outwit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.