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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Wit \Wit\ (w[i^]t), v. t. & i. [inf. (To) Wit; pres. sing.
Wot; pl. Wite; imp. Wist(e); p. p. Wist; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wit(t)ing. See the Note below.] [OE. witen, pres. ich
wot, wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[=a]t,
imp. wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten,
G. wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide,
Goth. witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L.
videre, Gr. ?, Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to find.
????. Cf. History, Idea, Idol, -oid, Twit, Veda,
Vision, Wise, a. & n., Wot.]
To know; to learn. ``I wot and wist alway.'' --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The present tense was inflected as follows; sing. 1st
pers. wot; 2d pers. wost, or wot(t)est; 3d pers. wot,
or wot(t)eth; pl. witen, or wite. The following variant
forms also occur; pres. sing. 1st & 3d pers. wat, woot;
pres. pl. wyten, or wyte, weete, wote, wot; imp. wuste
(Southern dialect); p. pr. wotting. Later, other
variant or corrupt forms are found, as, in Shakespeare,
3d pers. sing. pres. wots.
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Brethren, we do you to wit [make you to know] of
the grace of God bestowed on the churches of
Macedonia. --2 Cor. viii.
1.
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Thou wost full little what thou meanest.
--Chaucer.
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We witen not what thing we prayen here.
--Chaucer.
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When that the sooth in wist. --Chaucer.
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Note: This verb is now used only in the infinitive, to wit,
which is employed, especially in legal language, to
call attention to a particular thing, or to a more
particular specification of what has preceded, and is
equivalent to namely, that is to say.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Wit \Wit\, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) Wit; pres. sing. Wot; pl.
Wite; imp. Wist(e); p. p. Wist; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wit(t)ing. See the Note below.] [OE. witen, pres. ich wot,
wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[=a]t, imp.
wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten, G.
wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide, Goth.
witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L.
videre, Gr. ?, Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to find.
????. Cf. History, Idea, Idol, -oid, Twit, Veda,
Vision, Wise, a. & n., Wot.]
To know; to learn. ``I wot and wist alway.'' --Chaucer.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wiste
Old English n.
(inflection of ang wist nom//acc p ; acc//gen//dat s)
Old English vb.
(inflection of ang witan 1//3 s pret)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
wiste
Old English n.
(inflection of ang wist nom//acc p ; acc//gen//dat s)
Old English vb.
(inflection of ang witan 1//3 s pret)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
wiste
Old English n.
(inflection of ang wist nom//acc p ; acc//gen//dat s)
Old English vb.
(inflection of ang witan 1//3 s pret)
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