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Webster 1913 Edition

Wite

Wite

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
wītan
; akin to D.
wijten
, G. ver
weisen
, Icel.
vīta
to mulct, and E.
wit
; cf. AS.
wītan
to see, L. animad
vertere
to observe, to punish. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. See
Wit
,
Verb.
]
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.

Wite

,
Noun.
[AS.
wīte
punishment. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. See
Wite
,
Verb.
]
Blame; reproach.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wite

WITE

,
Verb.
T.
To reproach; to blame.

WITE

,
Noun.
Blame; reproach.

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