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Definitions for Wist

[1] simple past tense and past participle of wit2.
[2] Archaic . to know.
[3] archaic the past tense and past participle of wit 2
[4] the talent or quality of using unexpected associations between contrasting or disparate words or ideas to make a clever humorous effect
[5] speech or writing showing this quality
[6] a person possessing, showing, or noted for such an ability, esp in repartee
[7] practical intelligence (esp in the phrase have the wit to )
[8] Scot and Northern English dialect information or knowledge (esp in the phrase get wit of )
[9] archaic mental capacity or a person possessing it
[10] obsolete the mind or memory
[11] archaic to be or become aware of (something)
[12] to wit that is to say; namely (used to introduce statements, as in legal documents)

Words nearby Wist

wismar, wisp, wispy, wissler, wissler's syndrome, wist, wister, wisteria, wistful, wisła, wit

Origin of Wist

t2before 900; Middle English witen, Old English witan; cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Old Norse vita, Gothic witan to know; akin to Latin vidēre, Greek ideîn to see, Sanskrit vidati (he) knows. See wot

Word origin for Wist

tOld English witan; related to Old High German wizzan (German wissen ), Old Norse vita, Latin vidēre to see