Witting
adjective
1.
knowing; aware; conscious.
noun
2.
North England. knowledge.
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.
adjective (rare)
1.
deliberate; intentional: a witting insult
2.
aware; knowing
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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