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atwite

atwite verb: to blame or reproach (someone); to twit.

Verb

atwite (third-person singular simple present atwites, present participle atwiting, simple past and past participle atwited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To blame or reproach (someone); to twit.

Forms of atwite

third-person singular presentatwites
present participleatwiting
past participleatwited
pastatwited
alternative formattwite

Origin of atwite

PIE word *h₂éd From Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”), from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). The English word is analysable as at- + wite.

Questions about atwite

What does atwite mean?
Atwite means to blame or reproach (someone); to twit.
What part of speech is atwite?
Atwite is a verb.
What is the past tense of atwite?
The past tense of atwite is atwited.

Words near atwite in the dictionary

  1. atwinds
  2. atwinkle
  3. atwirl
  4. atwist
  5. atwitch
  6. atwite
  7. atwites
  8. atwiting
  9. atwitter
  10. atwix
  11. atwixt

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