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wist

American  
[wist] / wɪst /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of wit.


wist British  
/ wɪst /

verb

  1. archaic the past tense and past participle of wit 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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John Wist, 34, from Anne Arundel, voted for Lierman after switching his independent affiliation to the Democratic Party to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s primary.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022

This interview with Wist has been edited for length and clarity.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2022

Perhaps the most curious speaker in 2016 was Andy Wist, owner of Standard Waterproofing, a business he said he started at 21 in his mother’s backyard in Brooklyn, and grew to 140 employees.

From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2020

Though excerpts from a taped interview with Willy Wist, one of the cameramen who worked on “Das Ghetto,” are as evasive as one might expect, other witnesses did not hold back.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2010

Whin Colonel Wist rode to the front to mate his raytrating rigiment— BUCKTHORN.

From Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Moses, Montrose Jonas

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