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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Wis \Wis\, adv. [Aphetic form of iwis, ywis; or fr. Icel. viss certain. See {Ywis}.] Certainly; really; indeed. [Obs.] [bd]As wis God helpe me.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Wis \Wis\, v. t. [Due to mistaking OE. iwis certain, AS. gewiss, for I wis. See {Ywis}.] To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under {Ywis}. [Obs. or Poetic] [bd]Howe'er you wis.[b8] --R. Browning. Nor do I know how long it is (For I have lain entranced, I wis). --Coleridge. | |
