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What's The Definition Of Wise?
[n] a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"
[n] United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900) [n] United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949) [adj] carefully considered; "a considered opinion" [adj] able to take a broad view of negotiations between states [adj] marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a sensible manager"; "a wise decision" [adj] having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wise: advised | all-knowing | considered | diplomatic | Isaac Mayer Wise | judicious | method | omniscient | owlish | perspicacious | prudent | sagacious | sage | sapient | sensible | statesmanlike | statesmanly | Stephen Samuel Wise | well-advised Related Terms | Find terms related to Wise: See Also | advisable | fashion | manner | mode | politic | religious leader | style | way Wise In Webster's Dictionary \Wise\, a. [Compar. {Wiser}; superl. {Wisest}.] [OE. wis,
AS. w[=i]s; akin to OS. & OFries. w[=i]s, D. wijs, G. weise,
OHG. w[=i]s, w[=i]si, Icel. v[=i]ss, Sw. vis, Dan. viis,
Goth. weis; akin to wit, v. i. See {Wit}, v., and cf.
{Righteous}, {Wisdom}.]
1. Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive
information; erudite; learned.
They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have
no knowledge. --Jer. iv. 22.
2. Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning
and judging soundly concerning what is true or false,
proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best
means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks.
--Shak.
From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,
which are able to make thee wise unto salvation. --2
Tim. iii. 15.
3. Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous;
specifically, skilled in divination.
Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now
with me; but she's gone. Sim. Pray you, sir, was't
not the wise woman of Brentford? --Shak.
4. Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
[R.] ``Thou art . . . no novice, but a governor wily and
wise.'' --Chaucer.
Nor, on the other side, Will I be penuriously wise
As to make money, that's my slave, my idol. --Beau.
& Fl.
Lords do not care for me: I am too wise to die yet.
--Ford.
5. Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting
wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious;
discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise
conduct or management; a wise determination. ``Eminent in
wise deport.'' --Milton.
{To make it wise}, to make it a matter of deliberation.
[Obs.] `` We thought it was not worth to make it wise.''
--Chaucer.
{Wise in years}, old enough to be wise; wise from age and
experience; hence, aged; old. [Obs.]
A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one; He's
wise in years, and of a temperate warmth. --Ford.
You are too wise in years, too full of counsel, For
my green experience. --Ford.
\Wise\, a. [OE. wise, AS. w[=i]se; akin to OS. w[=i]sa, OFries. w[=i]s, D. wijs, wijze, OHG. w[=i]sa, G. weise, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Icel. ["o]?ruv[=i]s otherwise; from the root of E. wit; hence, originally, knowledge, skill. See {Wit}, v., and cf. {Guise}.] Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. ``All armed in complete wise.'' --Spenser. To love her in my beste wyse. --Chaucer. This song she sings in most commanding wise. --Sir P. Sidney. Let not these blessings then, sent from above, Abused be, or spilt in profane wise. --Fairfax. Note: This word is nearly obsolete, except in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, on this wise, etc. `` Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.'' --Ps. xxxvii. 8. ``He shall in no wise lose his reward.'' --Matt. x. 42. `` On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel.'' --Num. vi. 23. Note: Wise is often used as a suffix in composition, as in likewise, nowise, lengthwise, etc., in which words -ways is often substituted with the same sense; as, noways, lengthways, etc. |
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