
| Wite (Wite) (?), v. t. [AS. wi¯tan; akin to D. wijten, G. verweisen, Icel. vi¯ta to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS. wi¯tan to see, L. animadvertere to observe, to punish. ¿¿¿¿. See Wit, v.] 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. Wite (Wite), n. [AS. wi¯te punishment. ¿¿¿¿. See Wite, v.] Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer. |
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