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wisse

/wɪs/

wisse verb: to show, teach, inform, guide, direct.

Verb

wisse (third-person singular simple present wisses, present participle wissing, simple past and past participle wissed)

  1. (archaic) To show, teach, inform, guide, direct.

Forms of wisse

third-person singular presentwisses
present participlewissing
past participlewissed
pastwissed

Origin of wisse

From Middle English wissen (“to instruct, enlighten, advise, admonish; guide, direct, control, manage, rule”), from Old English wisian (“to direct, instruct, guide, direct, rule; show, point out; declare, make known”). Related to wise and more remotely to wit. See Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).

Words that rhyme with wisse

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Questions about wisse

What does wisse mean?
Wisse means to show, teach, inform, guide, direct.
What part of speech is wisse?
Wisse is a verb.
How do you pronounce wisse?
Wisse is pronounced /wɪs/.
What is the past tense of wisse?
The past tense of wisse is wissed.

Words near wisse in the dictionary

  1. wisps
  2. wispy
  3. wiss
  4. Wissahickon
  5. Wissant
  6. wisse
  7. wissed
  8. Wissel
  9. Wissels
  10. Wisser
  11. Wissers

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