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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
wit .
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Examples
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"What's a 'wottest'?" said Droop, in puzzled tones.
The Panchronicon Harold Steele MacKaye 1897
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I have an errand, as thou wottest, which is all mine own. "
The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865
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Thou wottest well that I am a man now shotten in years, who hath never been blessed with a son, a sight to cool his eyes; so I know that my kingdom shall pass away to the stranger in blood and my name and memory will be blotted out amongst men.
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Thou wottest none can stir from his place, except the watchman seize him.
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Know, however, O my brother, that thy father hath ridden forth with an hundred and fifty horse, purposing to slaughter Gharib; and thou wottest it would be sore loss and foul wrong to slay him, for that it was he who saved your shame and rescued your good.
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Then mine enemy will say, ‘O my lord, thou wottest that I give thee the best of counsel; but I have not found favour in thine eyes.’
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Quoth the youth, “O King of the age, wottest thou not what journey is between thee and thy city?”
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“Needs must thou tell me the cause of that laugh,” said she, and he replied, “Thou wottest that when I prayed Allah to vouchsafe me understanding of the tongues of beasts and birds, I made a vow never to disclose the secret to any under pain of dying on the spot.”
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Thou wottest that I cast not my net each day save four times63; the third is done and as yet Thou hast vouchsafed me nothing.
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My love for thee as wottest well is habit, and my lowe Is nature; to all others false is all the love I tender:
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