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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WIST, pret. of wis.

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: alteration of wis Date: 1508 archaic know

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past and past part. of WIT(2).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wit Wit, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) Wit; pres. sing. Wot; pl. Wite; imp. Wist(e); p. p. Wist; p. pr. & vb. n. Wit(t)ing. See the Note below.] [OE. witen, pres. ich wot, wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[=a]t, imp. wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten, G. wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide, Goth. witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L. videre, Gr. ?, Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to find. ????. Cf. History, Idea, Idol, -oid, Twit, Veda, Vision, Wise, a. & n., Wot.] To know; to learn. ``I wot and wist alway.'' --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wist Wist, archaic imp. & p. p. of Wit, v. Knew.