English Explanatory Dictionary

wite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To regard (someone) as guilty, to accuse, to blame, to fault.
  2. To censure (someone); to mulct, to reproach.
  3. To guard (something); to keep, to observe, preserve, protect.
noun
  1. Blame, responsibility, guilt.
  2. Punishment, penalty, fine, bote, mulct.
verb
  1. To go, go away, depart, perish, vanish

Pronunciation

wīt /waɪt/

Word forms

wite wites witing wited wyte

Etymology

From 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.

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