Wist Definition

wist
verb

Wit.

Webster's New World

(archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of wit.

Wiktionary

(nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of.

Wiktionary

Origin of Wist

  • A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of wit: from Old English witan, from Proto-Germanic *witanÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-, *wid- (“see, know"). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see"). Compare guide.

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  • Past indicative of wit: from Old English witan, from Proto-Germanic *witanÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-, *wid- (“see, know"). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see"). Compare guide.

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