WITING

Noun

witing (uncountable)

Obsolete spelling of witting.

Verb

witing

present participle of wite

Anagrams

• wing it

Source: Wiktionary


Wit"ing, n. Etym: [See Wit, v.]

Definition: Knowledge. [Obs.] "Withouten witing of any other wight." Chaucer.

WITE

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



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