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Wist

//wɪst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of wit. archaic, form-of, participle, past

    "a'''1796, Robert Burns, "Bonie Jean: A Ballad", in Poems and Songs, P.F. Collier & Son (1909–14), Bartleby.com (2001), http://www.bartleby.com/6/419.html, And lang ere witless Jeanie wist, / Her heart was tint, her peace was stown!"

  2. 2
    To know, be aware of. nonstandard

Etymology

Etymology 1

Past indicative of wit: from Old English witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see”). Compare guide.

Etymology 2

A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of wit; see Etymology 1.

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