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Definitions for Wite

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

Words nearby Wite

witchetty grub, witching, witching hour, witchweed, witchy, wite, witenagemot, with, with a grain of salt, with a vengeance, with a view to

Origin of Wite

2before 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 Wite

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