to wit en · ADV
Etymology
Originally, a shortening of that is to wit (“that is to know”); see wit.
Meanings
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(formal, not-comparable) That is to say; namely; specifically.
Thus, I had so long suffered in this quest, Heard failure prophesied so oft, been writ So many times among "The Band"─to wit, The knights who to the Dark Tower's search addressed Their steps - that just to fail as they, seemed best, And all the doubt was now—should I be fit?
1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section VII:July 2000, Todd Greanier, Discover the secrets of the Java Serialization API Though the animation code above demonstrates how a thread could be included as part of an object while still making that object be serializable, there is a major problem with it if we recall how Java creates objects. To wit, when we create an object with the new keyword, the object’s constructor is called only when a new instance of a class is created.
The directors of the company, to wit, Fred Smith and Albert Jones, inform us that…
Among the arrests is a man charged with possession of stolen goods, to wit: 50 beer crates.
The defendant is charged with possession of a controlled substance, to wit, cocaine…
Synonyms
videlicet · in other words · scilicet · namely
Translations (27)
pl mianowicie (namely, specifically) · nn nemleg (namely, specifically) · gd eadhan (namely, specifically) · it cioè (namely, specifically) · da nemlig (namely, specifically) · nl namelijk (namely, specifically) · pl to jest (namely, specifically) · es a saber (namely, specifically) · de nämlich (namely, specifically) · ru то́ есть (namely, specifically) · fr à savoir (namely, specifically) · cmn 即 (namely, specifically) · af dit wil sê (namely, specifically) · eo nome (namely, specifically) · pl to znaczy (namely, specifically) · ru а и́менно (namely, specifically) · de und zwar (namely, specifically) · nl te weten (namely, specifically) · de als da wären (namely, specifically) · fr assavoir (namely, specifically) · ja つまり (namely, specifically) · nb nemlig (namely, specifically) · la vidēlicet (namely, specifically) · la id est (namely, specifically) · pl czyli (namely, specifically) · pt ou seja (namely, specifically) · pt isto é (namely, specifically)