wite

English

/waɪt/

verb
Definitions
  • (chiefly) To blame; regard as guilty, fault, accuse
  • To reproach, censure, mulct
  • To observe, keep, guard, preserve, protect

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wīten (suspect, accuse, reproach, punish) inherited from Old English wītan (see, accuse, guard, keep, blame, impute ascribe to, depart, look, watch after, take heed to, behold, go, reproach) inherited from *wītan inherited from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (know, see, go, depart, go forth).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wītaną

Gloss

know, see, go, depart, go forth

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

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