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wist W0189300 (wĭst)v.Past tense and past participle of wit2.wist (wɪst) vbarchaic the past tense and past participle of wit2wit1 (wɪt)
n. 1. the keen perception and clever expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. 2. a person having or noted for such perception and expression. 3. witty speech or writing. 4. understanding, intelligence, or sagacity; astuteness. 5. Usu., wits. a. shrewdness; resourcefulness; ingenuity: to live by one's wits. b. mental faculties; senses: to have one's wits about one. Idioms: at one's wit's or wits' end, drained of all ideas or mental resources; utterly confused or frustrated. [before 900; Middle English, Old English: mind, thought, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon wit, Old High German wizzi] syn: See humor. wit2 (wɪt)
v.t., v.i. past and past part. wist; pres. part. wit•ting. Archaic. to know. Idioms: to wit, that is to say; namely: an overwhelming victory, to wit, a landslide. [before 900; Middle English; Old English witan, c. Old Saxon, Gothic witan, Old High German wizzan, Old Norse vita; akin to Latin vidēre, Greek ideîn to see, Skt vidati (he) knows] EncyclopediaSeewitMedicalSeeWhitaker Index of Schizophrenic ThinkingLegalSeeWitWIST
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