outcrafty en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + crafty.
Meanings
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(transitive) To exceed in craft or cunning; overpower by guile.
That drug-damn’d Italy hath out-craftied him, And he’s at some hard point.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outcraftied | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outcraftied | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outcraftying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outcrafties | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |