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{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "wijten"
},
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}
],
"text": "Dutch: wijten"
},
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"args": {
"1": "li",
"2": "wiete"
},
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}
],
"text": "Limburgish: wiete"
}
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"2": "odt",
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},
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wītaną"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną.",
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "witene",
"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wêet",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wijts",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wites",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wēets",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wētes",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wijt",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"form": "witet",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wēet",
"source": "inflection",
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"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wēte",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wēte",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wijt",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wijt",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "witet",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "witende",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "gewēten",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"2": "verb",
"head": "",
"head2": ""
},
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},
{
"args": {},
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}
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"3": "wēt",
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}
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"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "verb",
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"_dis": "92 8",
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"_dis": "36 3 2 4 4 16 16 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 4",
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"to blame, to hold accountable"
],
"id": "en-witen-dum-verb-b2ZUnYDG",
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[
"blame",
"blame"
],
[
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"hold accountable"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"to cause harm"
],
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"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwiːtən/"
}
],
"word": "witen"
}
{
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wit",
"3": "weet"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: wit, weet"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Scots: wit",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: wit"
}
],
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"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "witan",
"4": "witan, weotan"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyd-",
"4": "",
"5": "see, know"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "weten"
},
"expansion": "Dutch weten",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "wissen"
},
"expansion": "German wissen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "veta"
},
"expansion": "Swedish veta",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English witan, weotan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, and Swedish veta.",
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{
"form": "woot",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "witynge",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wiste",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "witen",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "enm-conj-irr",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "witen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to witen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
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{
"form": "woot",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wiste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "woost",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wistest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "woot",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wiste",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "wote",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "wiste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wote",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "woten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wote",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wisten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wiste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "witeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "woteth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wote",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "witynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "witende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "witen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "wist",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
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{
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"3": "wiste",
"4": "witen"
},
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}
],
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{
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"2": "wist",
"3": "wit",
"4": "woost",
"inf3": "0",
"obl": "wot",
"w_part": "1",
"y": "0"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "God only knows",
"text": "god wot",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"to know (a fact with certainty):",
"to know (a fact with certainty)"
],
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[
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]
],
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"to know (a fact with certainty):"
]
},
{
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"to be aware (of a situation, fact, etc.):",
"to have a full understanding (of something)"
],
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[
"aware",
"aware"
]
]
},
{
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"to be aware (of a situation, fact, etc.):",
"to be aware (of someone's location)"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-NjK8rcQI",
"links": [
[
"aware",
"aware"
]
]
},
{
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"to recognise; to comprehend (something):",
"to perceive; to notice (something)"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-mRi9kkzJ",
"links": [
[
"recognise",
"recognise"
],
[
"comprehend",
"comprehend"
],
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"notice",
"notice"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to recognise; to comprehend (something):",
"to discern; to distinguish (something from another)"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-iWQP7z~E",
"links": [
[
"recognise",
"recognise"
],
[
"comprehend",
"comprehend"
],
[
"discern",
"discern"
],
[
"distinguish",
"distinguish"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to experience, to be familiar with (something):",
"to know (to do, to say)"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-XfSuYkaH",
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"familiar",
"familiar"
],
[
"know",
"know"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to experience, to be familiar with (something):",
"to know how (to do)"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-wAJ8qe-1",
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"familiar",
"familiar"
],
[
"know",
"know"
],
[
"how",
"how"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to experience, to be familiar with (something):",
"to know (that something will happen)"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-ktA5I53-",
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"familiar",
"familiar"
],
[
"know",
"know"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "as far as I know",
"text": "for ought ich wot",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to experience, to be familiar with (something):",
"to experience, to be familiar with (something)"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-v3oKuaaP",
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"familiar",
"familiar"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"to experience, to be familiar with (something):"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to know about (a topic)"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-SUd9Kdxv",
"links": [
[
"about",
"about"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to find out; to become aware"
],
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[
"find out",
"find out"
],
[
"become",
"become"
],
[
"aware",
"aware"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to ask; to question"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-zdpa21xv",
"links": [
[
"ask",
"ask"
],
[
"question",
"question"
]
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "0 0 0 5 0 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 43 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Mind",
"orig": "enm:Mind",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be confident (something is the case or will happen)"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-EkQU~ce0",
"links": [
[
"confident",
"confident"
],
[
"case",
"case#English"
],
[
"happen",
"happen#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to make known"
],
"id": "en-witen-enm-verb-Qu8vCQnY",
"links": [
[
"make known",
"make known"
]
],
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"(rare) to make known"
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"rare"
]
}
],
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"word": "wete"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "weten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wetyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witenn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "witten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wyett"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wyt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wyte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wyten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "woten"
}
],
"word": "witen"
}
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"Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Dutch lemmas",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Middle Dutch verbs",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English preterite-present verbs",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English verbs",
"enm:Mind"
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"1": "nl",
"2": "wijten"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: wijten"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "li",
"2": "wiete"
},
"expansion": "Limburgish: wiete",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
],
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wītaną"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
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"present",
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"past",
"singular"
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"second-person",
"singular"
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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"present",
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"third-person"
]
},
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"present",
"second-person"
]
},
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"present",
"second-person"
]
},
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"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
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"second-person"
]
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"present",
"third-person"
]
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]
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"past",
"singular"
]
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wijt",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "witende",
"source": "inflection",
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"participle",
"present"
]
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{
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"participle",
"past"
]
}
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}
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],
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[
"blame",
"blame"
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[
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],
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}
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"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English preterite-present verbs",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English verbs",
"enm:Mind"
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"2": "ang",
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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},
{
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"4": "",
"5": "see, know"
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "wissen"
},
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{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "veta"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "witynge",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "witen",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wiste",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "woost",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wiste",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wite",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "wote",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "wiste",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wote",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "witen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"plural",
"present"
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},
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "witende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "witen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
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"2": "verb",
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"4": "witen"
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"name": "enm-verb"
}
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{
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"2": "wist",
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"4": "woost",
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"obl": "wot",
"w_part": "1",
"y": "0"
},
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"categories": [
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],
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{
"english": "God only knows",
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}
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"to know (a fact with certainty)"
],
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"know"
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],
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"to have a full understanding (of something)"
],
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[
"aware",
"aware"
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{
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"to be aware (of a situation, fact, etc.):",
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],
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[
"aware",
"aware"
]
]
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"to perceive; to notice (something)"
],
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[
"recognise",
"recognise"
],
[
"comprehend",
"comprehend"
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[
"perceive",
"perceive"
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[
"notice",
"notice"
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]
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{
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"to discern; to distinguish (something from another)"
],
"links": [
[
"recognise",
"recognise"
],
[
"comprehend",
"comprehend"
],
[
"discern",
"discern"
],
[
"distinguish",
"distinguish"
]
]
},
{
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"to experience, to be familiar with (something):",
"to know (to do, to say)"
],
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"familiar",
"familiar"
],
[
"know",
"know"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to experience, to be familiar with (something):",
"to know how (to do)"
],
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"familiar",
"familiar"
],
[
"know",
"know"
],
[
"how",
"how"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to experience, to be familiar with (something):",
"to know (that something will happen)"
],
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"familiar",
"familiar"
],
[
"know",
"know"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "as far as I know",
"text": "for ought ich wot",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to experience, to be familiar with (something):",
"to experience, to be familiar with (something)"
],
"links": [
[
"experience",
"experience"
],
[
"familiar",
"familiar"
]
],
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"to experience, to be familiar with (something):"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to know about (a topic)"
],
"links": [
[
"about",
"about"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to find out; to become aware"
],
"links": [
[
"find out",
"find out"
],
[
"become",
"become"
],
[
"aware",
"aware"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to ask; to question"
],
"links": [
[
"ask",
"ask"
],
[
"question",
"question"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to be confident (something is the case or will happen)"
],
"links": [
[
"confident",
"confident"
],
[
"case",
"case#English"
],
[
"happen",
"happen#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"to make known"
],
"links": [
[
"make known",
"make known"
]
],
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"(rare) to make known"
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
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{
"word": "wete"
},
{
"word": "weten"
},
{
"word": "wetyn"
},
{
"word": "wite"
},
{
"word": "witenn"
},
{
"word": "witten"
},
{
"word": "wyett"
},
{
"word": "wyt"
},
{
"word": "wyte"
},
{
"word": "wyten"
},
{
"word": "woten"
}
],
"word": "witen"
}
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