wite
/waɪt/
wite verb: to regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.
Verb (1)
wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited)
- To regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.
- [H]e gan fovvly vvyte / His vvicked fortune, that had turnd aſlope, / And curſed night, that reſt from him ſo goodly ſcope.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 52, page 459
- To censure (someone); to mulct; to reproach.
- [U]niuſtly thou doeſt vvyte them all, / For that vvhich thou miſlikedſt in a fevv.1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, signature D3, verso
- To guard (something); to keep; to observe, preserve, or protect.
Noun
wite (plural wites)
- Blame; responsibility; guilt.
- Nor I will not suffer mine indignation so to witwanton with fair justice as persuade me to put the wite on Witchland.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 209, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC
- Punishment; penalty; fine; bote; mulct.
Verb (2)
wite (third-person singular simple present wites, present participle witing, simple past and past participle wited)
wite meaning in Tamil
wite in Tamil
- அகமுடையாள், ஆட்டி, இல், குறுமகள்
Forms of wite
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | wites |
| present participle | witing |
| past participle | wited |
| past | wited |
| alternative form | wyte |
| Noun | |
| plural | wites |
Origin of wite
From Middle English wīten (“to accuse, reproach, punish, suspect”), Old English wītan (“to look, behold, see, guard, keep, impute or ascribe to, accuse, reproach, blame”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Connected to Old English wīte, see below.
From Middle English wite (“guilt, blameworthiness, blame, wrongdoing, misdeed, offense, punishment, retribution, fine, bote, customary rent”), from Old English wīte (“punishment, pain, torment”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, find, behold”).
From Middle English witen, from Old English wītan (“to see, accuse, go, depart”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, find, behold”).
Words that rhyme with wite
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- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about wite
- What does wite mean?
- Wite means to regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.
- What is wite in Tamil?
- Wite in Tamil is அகமுடையாள், ஆட்டி, இல். See Wite meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wite?
- Wite can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce wite?
- Wite is pronounced /waɪt/.
- What is the past tense of wite?
- The past tense of wite is wited.
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