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PRONUNCIATION:  wt
VERB:Inflected forms: wist (  wst), wit·ting (  wtng) first and third person singular present tense wot (  wt)
Archaic
TRANSITIVE VERB: To be or become aware of; learn.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To know.
IDIOM:to wit That is to say; namely.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old English witan. See weid- in Appendix I.
 
 
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