wisse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To show, teach, inform, guide, direct.

Pronunciation

/wɪs/

Word forms

wisse wisses wissing wissed

Etymology

From Middle English wissen (“to instruct, enlighten, advise, admonish; guide, direct, control, manage, rule”), from Old English wisian (“to direct, instruct, guide, direct, rule; show, point out; declare, make known”). Related to wise and more remotely to wit. See Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).

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