wis

¹

[ wis ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Archaic.

1. to know.

Wis.

²

or Wisc

abbreviation for

1. Wisconsin.

Wis.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Wisconsin

wis

²

/ wɪs /

verb

1. archaic.
   to know or suppose (something)

Word History and Origins

Origin of wis¹

1500–10; by false analysis of iwis as I wis I know; wit ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of wis¹

C17: a form derived from iwis , mistakenly interpreted as I wis I know, as if from Old English witan to know

Example Sentences

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., did him one better, imagining Ebola-infected members of ISIS entering the United States as human WMDS.

From The Daily Beast

Sens. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Ron Johnson (R-WIS) are co-sponsors of the legislation.

From The Daily Beast

She tells me about a show she once played at a college in Madison, Wis., where a few fratty football players got out of hand.

From The Daily Beast

Or, say, Oak Creek, Wis., where a gunman shot and killed six at a Sikh temple in August.

From The Daily Beast

This past week, it was the shooting at the Azana Spa in Brookfield, Wis., that triggered those flashbacks.

From The Daily Beast

No man parts wis zat which is valuable, to strangers, wisout a proper honorarium.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the largest of all the Homes, though they have a small one at Milwaukee, Wis., and several others.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, they came to what are now Il-li-nois and Wis-consin, where many places still bear the French names then given them.

From Project Gutenberg

But I wis it was not on this night that I did think of the renowned Romans, or make these sanctifying reflections.

From Project Gutenberg

They had also worked for some time in the Dodgeville, Wis., lead mines.

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