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wot

 (wŏt)
v.Archaic
First and third person singular present tense of wit2.
[Middle Englishwat, from Old Englishwāt; seeweid- inIndo-European roots.]
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wot

(wɒt)
vb
archaicordialect (used with:I, she, he, it,or a singular noun) a form of the present tense (indicative mood) ofwit2
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wit1

(wɪt)

n.
1. the keen perception and clever expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure.
2. a person having or noted for such perception and expression.
3. witty speech or writing.
4. understanding, intelligence, or sagacity; astuteness.
5. Usu.,wits.
a. shrewdness; resourcefulness; ingenuity: to live by one's wits.
b. mental faculties; senses: to have one's wits about one.
Idioms:
at one's wit'sorwits' end, drained of all ideas or mental resources; utterly confused or frustrated.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English: mind, thought, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxonwit, Old High Germanwizzi]
syn:Seehumor.

wit2

(wɪt)

v.t.,v.i.past andpast part.wist;pres. part.wit•ting.
Archaic. to know.
Idioms:
to wit, that is to say; namely: an overwhelming victory, to wit, a landslide.
[before 900; Middle English; Old Englishwitan, c. Old Saxon, Gothicwitan, Old High Germanwizzan, Old Norsevita; akin to Latinvidēre, Greekideîn to see, Sktvidati (he) knows]
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'Where young folks learnswot's right?' said Riderhood, gravely nodding.
'And a lovely thing it must be,' said Riderhood, 'fur to learn young folkswot's right, and fur to knowwot THEY knowwot you do it.
Cruncher, "that a gentleman like yourselfwot I've had the honour of odd jobbing till I'm grey at it, would think twice about harming of me, even if it wos so--I don't say it is, but even if it wos.
Upon that there stool, at that there Bar, sets that there boy of mine, brought up and growed up to be a man,wot will errand you, message you, general- light-job you, till your heels is where your head is, if such should be your wishes.
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And if they're in foreign languageswot I don't understand, I shall be just as proud as if I did."
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