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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
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)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in learning.
    By eleven years old, the young genius had outlearned most of his teachers.
  2. (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.