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wis

1

[ wis ]

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.
  1. to know.


Wis.

2
or Wisc

abbreviation for

  1. Wisconsin.

Wis.

1

abbreviation for

  1. Wisconsin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

wis

2

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. archaic.
    to know or suppose (something)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of wis1

1500–10; by false analysis of iwis as I wis I know; wit 2
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of wis1

C17: a form derived from iwis , mistakenly interpreted as I wis I know, as if from Old English witan to know
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Example Sentences

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He served as district attorney of Ashland County, Wis., before staging a successful run for Congress in the tea party-fueled Republican wave of 2010.

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She also draws on her years as student athlete — first at an all-girls high school in her home town of Green Bay, Wis., and later playing basketball and soccer at the all-women St. Mary’s College in Indiana.

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Lux, 27, was a first-round pick of the Dodgers out of Indian Trail High School in Kenosha, Wis., in 2016, and he was named Baseball America’s minor league player of the year in 2019 after batting .347 with a 1.028 OPS, 26 homers and 76 RBIs in 113 games for double-A Tulsa and triple-A Oklahoma City.

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A Southern California man who was in contact with the Madison, Wis., school shooter allegedly was plotting to attack a government building, according to records and media reports.

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The hearing is scheduled for April 22, 2025, in Milwaukee, Wis. If the judge decides that producers violated the law, he or she can order make-whole remedies to “undo the harm created by unfair labor practices,” including retroactive payment for employees.

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