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wists

wists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wist.

Meaning of wist

Verb

wist (third-person singular simple present wists, present participle wisting, simple past and past participle wisted)

  1. (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of.
    • […] speak to the man, and he wists not that his face doth shine.1890, Joseph Parker, The People's Bible: The Psalter, page 218

Questions about wists

What is wists the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wist.

Words near wists in the dictionary

  1. wistly
  2. Wiston
  3. wistonwish
  4. wistonwishes
  5. Wistow
  6. wists
  7. Wiswall
  8. Wiswalls
  9. Wiswell
  10. Wiswells
  11. Wisła

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