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witting en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

Partly from Old Norse vitand, partly from the present participle of wit.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) Knowledge, awareness.
    • All such particular sums of money which he hath levied or lawfully might have levied to his witting or knowledge within his bailiwick, as part or parcel, […] 1758, Philip Carteret Webb ·, A State of Facts in Defence of His Majesty's Right to Certain Fee-Farm Rents in the County of Norfolk, page 91:
    • Howbeit, as great is growyng, if we suffer thys yong king in our enemies hande, which without his witting might abuse the name of his commandement, to ante of our knowing, which thing God and good provision forbid. 1600, John Stow, The Annales of England, page 728:
    • I have seen Sir Tristram fight, said Sir Palamides, but never Sir Launcelot to my witting. 1897, Sir Thomas Malory, Sir Edward Strachey, Le Morte Darthur:
    • He received holy water, but no holy bread to his witting. 1849, Charles Eyre, The History of St. Cuthbert, page 204:

witting en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

Participle adjective of wit.

Meanings

  1. aware, knowledgeable
    • Sometimes the committing authority, who is usually located in the United States, is the only person who is witting of the CIA officer's true affiliation. 2011, James M. Olson, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying:
  2. Done deliberately or intentionally

Forms

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more witting Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

unwitting

Deriveds

wittingly

witting en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

Participle adjective of wit.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of wit
    form of wit