verb
- to surpass or defeat in reasoning or argument; to reason better than
Usage: transitive; literary or formal
Examples
- She managed to outreason her opponent in the debate.
- He tried to outreason the philosopher but ultimately failed.
- The lawyer's logic was so sound that she could outreason any challenger.
- In their discussion, neither side could outreason the other.
- His careful analysis allowed him to outreason the skeptics.