wit
noun
the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure.
have wist
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present perfectof wit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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By such speeches was the herdsman made curious, and would fain have wist wherefore the Dwarfs hid so carefully their feet, and whether these were otherwise shapen than men's feet.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
“I have wist him some six weeks,” said Agnes.
From For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary by Horace Petherick
Now have I seid, my fader, al As of this point in special, Als ferforthli as I have wist.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by G. C. (George Campbell) Macaulay
“I’d have wist by His face and the way He said ‘Good morrow, Thomas!’
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
I have wist men that would do all these things, and more; because, forsooth, it was their duty!
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
