outsit

American  

[out-sit] / ˌaʊtˈsɪt /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of outsit

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Queed by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

I should be vexed to have her outsit Serena.—Well,

From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas