"wist" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /wɪst/
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: Past indicative of wit: from Old English witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate with Dutch weten, German wissen, Swedish veta, and Latin videō (“I see”). Compare guide. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wit}} wit, {{inh|en|ang|witan}} Old English witan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*witaną}} Proto-Germanic *witaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*weyd-||see, know}} Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”), {{cog|nl|weten}} Dutch weten, {{cog|de|wissen}} German wissen, {{cog|sv|veta}} Swedish veta, {{cog|la|videō||I see}} Latin videō (“I see”), {{m|en|guide}} guide Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wist
  1. (archaic) simple past and past participle of wit. Tags: archaic, form-of, participle, past Form of: wit
    Sense id: en-wist-en-verb-WTLnlwms Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /wɪst/ Forms: wists [present, singular, third-person], wisting [participle, present], wisted [participle, past], wisted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪst Etymology: A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of wit; see Etymology 1. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wit}} wit Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: nonstandard
    Sense id: en-wist-en-verb-raEQ3-0F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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