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3 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wite \Wite\, v. t. [AS. w[=i]tan; akin to D. wijten, G. verweisen Icel. v[=i]ta to mulct, and E. wit; cf AS w[=i]tan to see L. animadvertere to observe, to punish. ????. See {Wit}, v.] To reproach; to blame; to censure; also to impute as blame. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser. Though that I be jealous, wite me not --Chaucer. There if that I misspeak or say Wite it the ale of Southwark, I you pray. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wite \Wite\, n. [AS. w[=i]te punishment. ????. See {Wite}, v.] Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.
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