Wite
noun
1.
a fine imposed by a king or lord on a subject who committed a serious crime.
a fee demanded for granting a special privilege.
2.
Chiefly Scot. responsibility for a crime, fault, or misfortune; blame.
verb (used with object), wited, witing.
3.
Chiefly Scot. to blame for; declare guilty of.
verb
1.
a present plural of wit2 .
verb (used with or without object), present singular 1st person wot, 2nd wost, 3rd wot, present plural wit or wite; past and past participle wist; present participle witting.
1.
Archaic. to know.
Idioms
2.
to wit, that is to say; namely:
It was the time of the vernal equinox, to wit, the beginning of spring.
noun
1.
the talent or quality of using unexpected associations between contrasting or disparate words or ideas to make a clever humorous effect
2.
speech or writing showing this quality
3.
a person possessing, showing, or noted for such an ability, esp in repartee
4.
practical intelligence (esp in the phrase have the wit to)
5.
(Scot & Northern English, dialect) information or knowledge (esp in the phrase get wit of)
6.
(archaic) mental capacity or a person possessing it
7.
(obsolete) the mind or memory
verb
1.
(archaic) to be or become aware of (something)
adverb
2.
to wit, that is to say; namely (used to introduce statements, as in legal documents)
wish list
WIT
witness (shortwave transmission)
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