Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Outwit

Outwit , transitive verb

1.
To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning.
2.
To defeat or gain an advantage over by superior craft or cunning stratagems; as, the thief outwitted his pursuers and left the country undetected.
They did so much outwit and outwealth us! — Gauden

Outwit , noun

The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [Obsolete] — Piers Plowman