Outlearn

//aʊtˈlɜːn// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To surpass (someone) in learning. transitive

    "By eleven years old, the young genius had outlearned most of his teachers."

  2. 2
    To learn (something) completely and thoroughly; to exhaust knowledge of. obsolete, transitive

    "But when as nought according to his mind / He could outlearne"

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"By eleven years old, the young genius had outlearned most of his teachers."

Etymology

From out- + learn.

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