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• past tense form of wit.
• past participle of wit.

wist

American  

[wist] / wɪst /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of wit.

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wist British  

/ wɪst /

verb

1. archaic the past tense and past participle of wit 2

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wist

We Are Young, too, is wistful for an era that was already full of wist.

From The Guardian ● May 29, 2013

Unbroken was his heart, I wist, For he was thinking of a day— A day back in youth's rosy mist— And of a form and of a face.

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Jean Blewett

But as we read, "He wist not what to say, for they were sore afraid."

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Lady Mary Ross

I wist not what the present generation is coming to.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

For He wist not what to answer; for they became sore afraid.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by G. A. Chadwick

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