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Wite
(gcide) | Wite \Wite\, n. [AS. w[imac]te punishment. ????. See Wite, v.]
Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.
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Wite
(gcide) | Wite \Wite\, v. t. [AS. w[imac]tan; akin to D. wijten, G.
verweisen, Icel. v[imac]ta to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS.
w[imac]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.
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Though that I be jealous, wite me not. --Chaucer.
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There if that I misspeak or say,
Wite it the ale of Southwark, I you pray. --Chaucer.
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Wite
(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.
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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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Atwite
(gcide) | Atwite \A*twite"\, v. t. [OE. attwyten, AS. [ae]tw[imac]tan. See
Twit.]
To speak reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid. [Obs.]
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Bloodwite
(gcide) | Bloodwite \Blood"wite`\, Bloodwit \Blood"wit`\, n. [AS.
bl[=o]w[imac]te; bl[=o]d blood, + w[imac]te wite, fine.]
(Anc. Law)
A fine or amercement paid as part of a settlement for the
shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled.
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Fightwite
(gcide) | Fightwite \Fight"wite`\, n. [Fight + wite.] (O.Eng. Law)
A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or
quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.
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Forewite
(gcide) | Forewite \Fore*wite"\, v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers.
Forewot, 2d person Forewost, pl. Forewiten; imp. sing.
Forewiste, pl. Forewisten; p. pr. & vb. n. Forewiting.]
[AS. forewitan. See Wit to know.]
To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also forwete.] --Chaucer.
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Forewiten
(gcide) | Forewite \Fore*wite"\, v. t. [pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers.
Forewot, 2d person Forewost, pl. Forewiten; imp. sing.
Forewiste, pl. Forewisten; p. pr. & vb. n. Forewiting.]
[AS. forewitan. See Wit to know.]
To foreknow. [Obs.] [Written also forwete.] --Chaucer.
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Thwite
(gcide) | Thwite \Thwite\, v. t. [AS. [thorn]w[imac]tan. See Whittle,
and cf. Thwaite a piece of land.]
To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.
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thwitel
(gcide) | Thwittle \Thwit"tle\, n.
A small knife; a whittle. [Written also thwitel.] [Obs.] "A
Sheffield thwittle." --Chaucer.
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Twite
(gcide) | Twite \Twite\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The European tree sparrow.
(b) The mountain linnet (Linota flavirostris). [Prov. Eng.]
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Uwarowite
(gcide) | Uwarowite \U*wa"ro*wite\, n. (Min.)
Ouvarovite.
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Witeless
(gcide) | Witeless \Wite"less\, a.
Blameless. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Witen
(gcide) | Witen \Wit"en\, obs.
pl. pres. of Wit. --Chaucer.
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Witenagemote
(gcide) | Witenagemote \Wit"e*na*ge*mote`\ (?; 277), n. [AS. witena
gem[=o]t an assembly of the wise; wita a wise man + gem[=o]t
assembly.] (AS. Hist.)
A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature,
of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman
Conquest.
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