wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited)
(chiefly, Scotland) To blame; regard as guilty, fault, accuse
To reproach, censure, mulct
To observe, keep, guard, preserve, protect
wite (plural wites)
(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Blame, responsibility, guilt.
Punishment, penalty, fine, bote, mulct.
wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited)
(obsolete or poetic) To go, go away, depart, perish, vanish
Source: Wiktionary
Wite, v. t. Etym: [AS. witan; akin to D. wijten, G. verweisen, Icel. vita to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS. witan to see, L. animadvertere to observe, to punish. Wit, v.]
Definition: To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser. Though that I be jealous, wite me not. Chaucer. There if that I misspeak or say, Wite it the ale of Southwark, I you pray. Chaucer.
Wite, n. Etym: [AS. wite punishment. Wite, v.]
Definition: Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
