wite
To regard as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to faultTo regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.
Meaning
4 sensesTo regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.
To censure (someone); to mulct; to reproach.
To guard (something); to keep; to observe, preserve, or protect.
(poetic)To go; go away; depart; perish; vanish.
Origin
From Middle English wīten (“to accuse, reproach, punish, suspect”), Old English wītan (“toFrom Middle English wīten (“to accuse, reproach, punish, suspect”), Old English wītan (“to look, behold, see, guard, keep, impute or ascribe to, accuse, reproach, blame”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Connected to Old English wīte, see below.
From Middle English witen, from Old English wītan (“to see, accuse, go, depart”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, find, behold”).
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Forms
wites, witing, wited, witedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle