Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Certainly; truly; indeed: same as
iwis . - noun An abbreviation of
Wisconsin . - A spurious word, arising from a misunderstanding of the Middle English adverb iwis, often written i-wis, and in Middle English manuscripts i wis, I wis, whence it has been taken as the pronoun I with a verb wis, vaguely regarded as connected with wit (which has a preterit wist). See
iwis , and, for the real verb, seewit . - Certain; sure: especially in the phrases to wisse, for certain, certainly; mid wisse, with certainty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Certainly; really; indeed.
- transitive verb Obs. or Poetic To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense,
I wis . See the Note underywis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
know . - verb To
think ,suppose . - verb To
imagine ,ween ; todeem . - adverb rare
Certainly ,surely - adverb rare
Really ,truly - adverb rare
Indeed - adjective rare
Certain - adjective rare
Sure
Etymologies
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Examples
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I hear a song sparrow from the bushes on the shore, -- _olit, olit, olit -- chip, chip, chip, che char -- che wis, wis, wis_.
Bird Day; How to prepare for it Charles Almanzo Babcock
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Yes | No | Report from stickbow13 wrote 9 weeks 5 days ago awsome buck congrats ..... we know how to grow them in wis,
Is This Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin Buck the New World Record Typical Whitetail? 2009
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Yes | No | Report from stickbow13 wrote 9 weeks 5 days ago awsome buck congrats ..... we know how to grow them in wis,
Is This Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin Buck the New World Record Typical Whitetail? 2009
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Fletch says: holy crap, i almost spit beer through my nose. why are they trying to store potatos (sorry, potatoes) in wis.? don’t they grow them in idaho? maybe they should spend the money on something more worthy – i dono, say like trying to maintain a super bowl contender.
Think Progress » DeLay’s “Ongoing Victory” Over Reality 2005
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You see roughly any kind of offense we can imagine for spread to we arrangement to wis! hbone to curve to singular wing as great as if Menominee creates it down to Ford Field we get to see a singular wing.
Uni Watch More Uni Design, More Football, and More! admin 2009
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You see roughly any kind of offense we can imagine for spread to we arrangement to wis! hbone to curve to singular wing as great as if Menominee creates it down to Ford Field we get to see a singular wing.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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Remember folks, drretard puts the wis and the dumb in wisdom.
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For some reason, the convential wis-dumb is that the Great Depresssion occurred just before FDR took office and overlooks the 3 years of a continually worsening economy.
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I am from Grenada and learning to speak English, give please true I wrote the following sentence: “The round trip airfare from madison, wis.”
Matthew Yglesias » Commerce Cabinet Crisis VII: Daniel C. Roper 2009
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I am from Bangladesh and learning to read in English, give true I wrote the following sentence: “The round trip airfare from madison, wis.”
papageno commented on the word wis
(v): to know
November 21, 2007