Pronunciation : Wite
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. witan; akin to D. wijten, G. verweisen, Icel. vita to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS. witan to see, L. animadvertere to observe, to punish. Wit, v.]
Definition : Defn: To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser. Though that I be jealous, wite me not. Chaucer. There if that I misspeak or say, Wite it the ale of Southwark, I you pray. Chaucer.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Wite
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. wite punishment. Wite, v.]
Definition : Defn: Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913