witting

[ wit-ing ]
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adjective
  1. knowing; aware; conscious.

noun
  1. North England. knowledge.

Origin of witting

1
First recorded in 1250–1300, witting is from the Middle English word witing.See wit2, -ing2, -ing1

Other words from witting

  • wit·ting·ly, adverb

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How to use witting in a sentence

  • Wittingly or no, Tamerlan was a step ahead of them, having flown to Moscow on July 16, two days after Plotnikov was killed.

  • She could introduce discord into a family without even acknowledging to herself that she had done it wittingly.

    Sevenoaks | J. G. Holland
  • Morris and these others played with it wittingly; it gave a zest, a touch of substance, to their aesthetic pleasures.

    Tono Bungay | H. G. Wells
  • But where the penitent wittingly or unwittingly is in the position of an accomplice, what then, Father Pifferi?

    The Eternal City | Hall Caine
  • The cabinet members who, wittingly or unwittingly, had encouraged him in this he some weeks later stigmatized as a set of geese.

  • Spoken of a person who has wittingly placed himself in difficulties, and who attributes his bad position to fortune.

    The Proverbs of Scotland | Alexander Hislop

British Dictionary definitions for witting

witting

/ (ˈwɪtɪŋ) /


adjectiverare
  1. deliberate; intentional: a witting insult

  2. aware; knowing

Derived forms of witting

  • wittingly, adverb

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