"witted" meaning in English

See witted in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English witted, ywitted, equivalent to wit + -ed. Compare Old English witod (“appointed, ordained, assured, certain”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|witted}} Middle English witted, {{m|enm|ywitted}} ywitted, {{af|en|wit|-ed}} wit + -ed, {{cog|ang|witod|t=appointed, ordained, assured, certain}} Old English witod (“appointed, ordained, assured, certain”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} witted (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly in combination) having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability) Tags: in-compounds, not-comparable
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} witted
  1. simple past and past participle of wit Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: wit
    Sense id: en-witted-en-verb-JTZeGcwr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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