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Webster 1913 Edition
Outlearn
Out-learn′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To excel or surpass in learing.
2.
To learn out [i. e., completely, utterly]; to exhaust knowledge of.
Naught, according to his mind,
He could
He could
outlearn
. Spenser.
Men and gods have not
outlearned
it [love]. Emerson.
Definition 2024
outlearn
outlearn
English
Verb
outlearn (third-person singular simple present outlearns, present participle outlearning, simple past and past participle outlearned or outlearnt)
- (transitive) To surpass in learning.
- By eleven years old, the young genius had outlearned most of his teachers.
- (transitive, obsolete) To learn completely and thoroughly; to exhaust knowledge of.
- Naught, according to his mind, He could outlearn. — Spenser.
- Men and gods have not outlearned it [love]. — Emerson.