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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Wisverb
pret. and part. pass. wist. To know. Obsolete.
Etymology: wissen, German; wysen, Dutch.
Thus proud and fierce, unto the hearts he stept
Of them poor souls; and cutting reason’s reins,
Made them his own before they had it wist. Philip Sidney.There be fools alive, I wis,
Silver’d o’er; and so was this. William Shakespeare.This book, advisedly read and diligently followed but one year at home, would do a young gentleman more good, I wiss, than three years travel abroad. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.
When Mammon saw his purpose mist,
Him to entrap unwares, another’s way he wist. Fa. Queen.Marry with a king,
A batchelor, a handsome strippling too,
I wis your grandam had a worser match. William Shakespeare, R. III.When for more worlds the Macedonian cry’d,
He wist not Thetys in her lap did hide
Another yet, a world reserv’d for you,
To make more great than that he did subdue. Edmund Waller.
Webster Dictionary
Wisadverb
certainly; really; indeed
Wisverb
to think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis
Etymology: [Due to mistaking OE. iwis certain, AS. gewiss, for I wis. See Ywis.]
Wikidata
WIS
WIS, channel 10, is the NBC-affiliated television station in Columbia, South Carolina. Owned by Raycom Media, WIS has studios on Bull Street in downtown Columbia, and transmitter located in Lugoff, South Carolina.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wis
wis, v. (in the form I wis) erroneously used as 'I know.' [I wis is the M. E. adv. i-wis—A.S. ge-wis, certainly; cf. Ger. ge-wiss.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wis in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of wis in a Sentence
I think the real reason he’s ahead [in Wis. polls] is because, like I said, voters are informed.
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