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witting

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wit⋅ting

  [wit-ing]
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–adjective
1. knowing; aware; conscious.
–noun
2. North England. knowledge.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME witing. See wit 2 , -ing 2 , -ing 1

Related forms:
wit⋅ting⋅ly, adverb

wit

2  [wit]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), present singular 1st person wot, 2nd wost, 3rd wot, present plural wit or wite; past and past participle wist; present participle wit⋅ting.
1. Archaic. to know.
—Idiom
2. to wit, that is to say; namely: It was the time of the vernal equinox, to wit, the beginning of spring.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME witen, OE witan; c. D weten, G wissen, ON vita, Goth witan to know; akin to L vidēre, Gk ideîn to see, Skt vidati (he) knows. See wot
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wit 2   (wĭt)   
v.   wist (wĭst), wit·ting (wĭt'ĭng), first and third person singular present tense wot (wŏt) Archaic

v.   tr.
To be or become aware of; learn.
v.   intr.
To know.

[Middle English, from Old English witan; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]
wit·ting   (wĭt'ĭng)   
adj.  

  1. Aware or conscious of something.

  2. Done intentionally or with premeditation; deliberate.

v.  Present participle of wit2.
n.   Chiefly British

  1. Knowledge or awareness; cognizance.

  2. Information obtained and passed on; news.

wit'ting·ly adv.
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