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wistest

wistest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of wit.

Meaning of wit

Verb

wit

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete except in to wit) To know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).
    • You committed terrible actions — to wit, murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.

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Origin of wistest

From wist + -est.

Questions about wistest

What is wistest the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Wistest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of wit.

Words near wistest in the dictionary

  1. Wister
  2. wisteria
  3. wisterias
  4. wisterine
  5. Wisters
  6. wistest
  7. wistful
  8. wistfully
  9. wistfulness
  10. wistfulnesses
  11. wisting

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