Wis

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  • ad. Certainly, surely
  • ad. Really, truly
  • ad. Indeed
  • adj. Certain
  • adj. Sure
  • v. To know.
  • v. To think, suppose.
  • v. To imagine, ween; to deem.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. Certainly; really; indeed.
  • v. To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under ywis.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An abbreviation of Wisconsin.
  • Certain; sure: especially in the phrases to wisse, for certain, certainly; mid wisse, with certainty.
  • Certainly; truly; indeed: same as iwis.
  • A spurious word, arising from a misunderstanding of the Middle English adverb iwis, often written i-wis, and in Middle English manuscripts i wis, I wis, whence it has been taken as the pronoun I with a verb wis, vaguely regarded as connected with wit (which has a preterit wist). See iwis, and, for the real verb, see wit.
  • Word Usage
    "I hear a song sparrow from the bushes on the shore, -- _olit, olit, olit -- chip, chip, chip, che char -- che wis, wis, wis_."
    Verb Form
    wised    wises    wising    wiss   
    Variant
    ywis   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    certainly    really    indeed    think    suppose    imagine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bliss    Chris    Cris    Dis    Fliss    Hiss    Kris    Miss    Suisse    Swiss   
    Same Context
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