wiss
wiss verb: to know; to understand.
Verb
wiss (third-person singular simple present wisses, present participle wissing, simple past and past participle wissed)
- To know; to understand.
- Now with their might they downe me pull, and bring me where they woll, the Blood of myne heart I wiss now causeth both Joy and blisse.1652, Elias Ashmole, Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum
- And though that the water be gross and heavy, yet nothing so gross as the earth, I wiss; therefore by heat it is vapoured up lightly, and in the air maketh clouds and mists.1874, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Dodsley et al.
Proper noun capitalized: Wiss
Wiss (plural Wisses)
- A surname from German.
Forms of wiss
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | wisses |
| present participle | wissing |
| past participle | wissed |
| past | wissed |
| alternative form | wis |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wisses |
Origin of wiss
Perhaps an alteration of wis, taken from the incorrect division of iwis (“surely, certainly”) as "I wis", and mistaken for a verb; see wis. Perhaps from (certainly akin to) Old English witan (“to know”); see wit.
Borrowed from German Wiss.
Phrases with wiss
Questions about wiss
- What does wiss mean?
- Wiss means to know; to understand.
- What part of speech is wiss?
- Wiss can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of wiss?
- The past tense of wiss is wissed.
Words near wiss in the dictionary
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