Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Outlearn /lûrn/ · Out·learn · IPA /aʊtˈlɝn/ 01 v. t. To excel or surpass in learing. 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.