Wit
King James Dictionary [1]
Wit, G to know. See Wise. To know. This verb is used only in the infinitive, to wit, namely, that is to say. L.
WIT, n. See the verb and Wise.
1. Primarily, the intellect the understanding or mental powers.
Will puts in practice what the wit deviseth.
For wit and power their last endeavors bend t outshine each other.
2. The association of ideas in a manner natural, but unusual and striking, so as to produce surprise joined with pleasure. Wit is defined.
What oft was thought, but neer so well expressd.
Wit consists in assembling and putting together with quickness, ideas in which can be found resemblance and congruity, by which to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy.
Wit consists chiefly in joining things by distant and fanciful relations, which surprise us because they are unexpected.
Wit is a propriety of thoughts and words or in other terms, thoughts and words elegantly adapted to the subject.
3. The faculty of associating ideas in a new and unexpected manner. 4. A man of genius as, the age of Addison abounded with wits.
A wit herself, Amelia weds a wit.
5. A man of fancy or wit.
Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe.
6. Sense judgment.
He wants not wit the danger to decline.
7. Faculty of the mind. 8. Wits, in the plural, soundness of mind intellect not disordered sound mind. No man in his wits would venture on such an expedition. Have you lost your wits? Is he out of his wits? 9. Power of invention contrivance ingenuity. He was at his wits end.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
a relative adverb signifying "as," or "how," is used in 2—Corinthians 5:19 to introduce the statement "that God was ...," and rendered "to wit," lit., "how."
"to know, to make known," is rendered "we do (you) to wit" in 2—Corinthians 8:1 , AV, RV, "we make known (to you)." See Know , No. 8.
Romans 8:23
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( inf.) of Wit
(2): ( v.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
(3): ( v.) A mental faculty, or power of the mind; - used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.
(4): ( n.) To know; to learn.
(5): ( v.) A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.
(6): ( v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
WIT . The vb. ‘to wit,’ which means ‘to know,’ is used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in most of its parts. The present tense is I wot, thou wottest, he wot or wotteth, we wot ; the past tense, I wist, he wist, ye wist ; the infinitive, ‘to wit.’ In 2 Corinthians 8:1 occurs the phrase do to wit , i.e. make to know we do you to wit of the grace of God.’ The subst. ‘wit’ means in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘knowledge’; it occurs only in Psalms 107:27 ‘at their wit’s end.’ ‘Witty,’ which is found in Proverbs 8:12 , Jdt 11:23 , Wis 8:19 , has the sense of ‘knowing,’ ‘skilful’; and ‘wittingly’ ( Genesis 48:14 ) is ‘knowingly.’
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [5]
See Wist .
