Home › Words › O › overwitoverwitoverwit means to outwit.EtymologyFrom over- + wit.verbTo outwit.e.g.“He knows no guilt, who knows no sin. Yet well they merit to be pitied, By clients always overwitted.” — c. 1728, Jonathan Swift, The Answer to Paulus, an Epigram:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).