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Word: Wit
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English witan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weten and German wissen, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit veda ‘knowledge’ and Latin videre ‘see’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
wɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
have knowledge
Short Definition:have knowledge
Examples:- I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of
Definition:
that is to say (used to be more specific about something already referred to)
Short Definition:that is to say
Examples:- the textbooks show an irritating parochialism, to wit an almost total exclusion of papers not in English
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