outsit

[out-sit]

verb (used with object)

outsat, outsitting 

1. to sit longer than; outwait.

   He was determined to outsit his rival.

2. to sit beyond the time of.

   We realized we were outsitting our welcome.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outsit¹

First recorded in 1650–60; out- + sit ¹

Example Sentences

Outsit, owt-sit′, v.t. to sit beyond the time of.

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Voted to outsit the Russians regardless of their plans.

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He determines to outsit Roger.

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Or, perhaps that gentleman was only a pretext, and the young man's experienced eye had read that any attempt to outsit the learned assistant editor was foredoomed to failure.

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No government will take him at his own, or rather his wife's extravagant, valuation; and betwixt his indecision and her insolence, from all I can guess, he will outsit his market, and be had cheap when no one will bid for him.

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