wit
noun
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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This, however, cannot be expected till they see clearly that foreign iron- masters are witting to co-operate.
From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling