wis

¹

[wis]

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

1. to know.

Wis.

²

Or Wisc

abbreviation

1. Wisconsin.

Wis.

¹

abbreviation

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

Not long after, JPMorgan and a group of other banks agreed to lend $38 billion for a data center in Texas’ Shackelford County and another one outside Milwaukee, Wis.

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Mainline, which carries on to Clearbrook, Minn., and Superior, Wis., and delivers crude to markets in Minnesota, northern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and southern Ontario.

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What he does now: He is a manufacturing engineer at a 3M plant in Menomonie, Wis., which makes ceramic fibers used in airplanes and spacecraft.

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“The science is strong when it comes to the mood-boosting benefits,” Andrew Jagim, a sports-medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic in La Crosse, Wis. “You get a blast of endorphins, dopamine, adrenaline. You’ll feel more alert, focused and energized.”

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He would walk into the gym at a civic center on the Oneida Nation reservation near Green Bay, Wis., see that it was set up for bingo, and push the tables and chairs out of the way so he could shoot hoops.

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