WISTIT
Wis"tit, n. Etym: [Prob. from native name: cf. F. ouistiti.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small South American monkey; a marmoset. [Written also wistiti, and ouistiti.]
WISTLY
Wist"ly, adv. Etym: [See Wistful.]
Defn: Attentively; observingly. [Obs.] Shak.
WISTONWISH
Wis"ton*wish, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Wishtonwish.
WIT
Wit, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) Wit; pres. sing. Wot; pl. Wite; imp.
Wist(e); p. p. Wist; p. pr. & vb. n. Wit(t)ing. See the Note below.]
Etym: [OE. witen, pres. ich wot, wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS.
witan, pres. wat, imp. wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan,
D. weten, G. wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide,
Goth. witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L. videre,
Gr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to find. History, Idea, Idol, -
oid, Twit, Veda, Vision, Wise, a. & n., Wot.]
Defn: To know; to learn. "I wot and wist alway." Chaucer.
Note: The present tense was inflected as follows; sing. 1st pers. wot; 2d pers. wost, or wot(t)est; 3d pers. wot, or wot(t)eth; pl. witen, or wite. The following variant forms also occur; pres. sing. 1st & 3d pers. wat, woot; pres. pl. wyten, or wyte, weete, wote, wot; imp. wuste (Southern dialect); p. pr. wotting. Later, other variant or corrupt forms are found, as, in Shakespeare, 3d pers. sing. pres. wots. Brethren, we do you to wit [make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. 2 Cor. viii. 1. Thou wost full little what thou meanest. Chaucer. We witen not what thing we prayen here. Chaucer. When that the sooth in wist. Chaucer.
Note: This verb is now used only in the infinitive, to wit, which is employed, especially in legal language, to call attention to a particular thing, or to a more particular specification of what has preceded, and is equivalent to namely, that is to say.