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wissing

wissing is the present participle and gerund of wiss.

Meaning of wiss

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) 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

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Proper noun capitalized: Wissing

Wissing (plural Wissings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of wissing

pluralWissings

Questions about wissing

What does wissing mean?
Wissing means a surname.
What is wissing the present participle and gerund of?
Wissing is the present participle and gerund of wiss.
What part of speech is wissing?
Wissing is a proper noun.

Words near wissing in the dictionary

  1. Wissels
  2. Wisser
  3. Wissers
  4. wisses
  5. Wissey
  6. wissing
  7. Wissinger
  8. Wissingers
  9. Wissings
  10. Wissington
  11. wissle

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