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wis |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wis \Wis\, adv [Aphetic form of iwis, ywis; or fr Icel. viss certain. See {Ywis}.] Certainly; really; indeed. [Obs.] ``As wis God helpe me.'' --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wis \Wis\, v. t. [Due to mistaking OE iwis certain, AS gewiss for I wis. See {Ywis}.] To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under {Ywis}. [Obs. or Poetic] ``Howe'er you wis.'' --R. Browning. Nor do I know how long it is (For I have lain entranced, I wis). --Coleridge.
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