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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
witting
adj 1: aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists" [syn: {aware}]
[ant: {unwitting}]
2: intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more
slowly"; "a conscious policy" [syn: {conscious}]
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