–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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