About The Word Wis
Learn about the word Wis to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Wis definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Wis
| Wis Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Wis?Synonyms | Synonyms for Wis: Related Terms | Find terms related to Wis: See Also | Wis In Webster's Dictionary \Wis\, adv. [Aphetic form of iwis, ywis; or fr. Icel. viss
certain. See {Ywis}.]
Certainly; really; indeed. [Obs.] ``As wis God helpe me.''
--Chaucer.
\Wis\, v. t. [Due to mistaking OE. iwis certain, AS. gewiss, for I wis. See {Ywis}.] To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under {Ywis}. [Obs. or Poetic] ``Howe'er you wis.'' --R. Browning. Nor do I know how long it is (For I have lain entranced, I wis). --Coleridge. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Lipped ‐ having a lip or lips; "a lipped bowl"; "a virgin purest lipped"-…
- Ohio ‐ a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great…
- Loblolly pine ‐ tall spreading 3-needled pine of southeastern United States having…
- Nonpolitical ‐ not…
- Halftone ‐ an engraving used to reproduce an illustration [n] a print obtained…
- Satyrical ‐ of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr; "this…
- Family cynipidae ‐ a family of…
- Brief ‐ a condensed written summary or abstract [n] a document stating…
- Stonecrop ‐ any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having…
- Ranked ‐ arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas…