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wit
n. intellect; reason; cleverness; sharpness; one who is sharp
 
v. know (Archaic)


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WIT
There are tree educational institutions abbreviated as WIT:Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MassachusettsUnited StatesWessex Institute of Technology in HampshireUnited KingdomWaterford Institute of Technology in WaterfordIrelandand a Belgian-Dutch direct democracy movement:Werkgroep Implementatie Tijdsgeest / Democratie.NuWIT is the ticker symbol for Wipro Technologies, India.
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Wit
Wit is a form of intellectual humour. A wit is someone skilled in making witty remarks. Forms of wit include: the quip and the repartee.
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wit
Noun
1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
(synonym) humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) jeu d'esprit
(class) libation
2. mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
(synonym) brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality
(hypernym) intelligence
3. a witty amusing person who makes jokes
(synonym) wag, card
(hypernym) humorist, humourist
(classification) colloquialism


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wit
n. purpose, goal
 
adj. white, blank
 
witten
v. whitewash, whiten, find fault

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Wit
(v.)
Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
  
 
(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.
  
 
(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.
  
 
(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.
  
 
(n.)
To know; to learn.
  
 
(inf.)
of Wit
  

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