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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WITE, v.t. To reproach; to blame.
WITE, n. Blame; reproach.

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (wited; witing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English w?tan; akin to Old High German w?zan to blame, Old English witan to know Date: before 12th century chiefly Scottish blame II. noun Date: 13th century chiefly Scottish blame, responsibility

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

Wite Wite, v. t. [AS. w[=i]tan; akin to D. wijten, G. verweisen, Icel. v[=i]ta to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS. w[=i]tan to see, L. animadvertere to observe, to punish. ????. See Wit, v.] To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser. Though that I be jealous, wite me not. --Chaucer. There if that I misspeak or say, Wite it the ale of Southwark, I you pray. --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wite Wite, n. [AS. w[=i]te punishment. ????. See Wite, v.] Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.