英语词汇“to wit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

10. to wit:

†a. it is to wit (also it is to witting): it is to be observed, noted, or ascertained; so it were to wit, it needs investigation, one ought to know. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > it needs investigation [phrase]

it were to witc1320

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > listen attentively [phrase] > it is to be noted

it is to wittingc1320

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase]

to iwissea1000

mid iwissea1000

in wisc1000

to wis(se)c1000

without(en (any) weenc1175

sans fail1297

thereof no strife1297

but werea1300

forouten werea1300

out of werea1300

without werea1300

without deceit1303

for certainc1320

it is to wittingc1320

withouten carec1320

without nayc1330

without noc1330

without (but out of) dread1340

no doubtc1380

without distancec1390

no fresea1400

out of doubta1400

without doubta1400

for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400

withouten stance14..

hazel woods shakea1413

of, on, in warrantisec1440

sure enough?1440

without question?1440

wythout diswerec1440

without any dispayrec1470

for (also of) a surety?a1475

in (also for) surenessa1475

of certainc1485

without any (also all) naya1500

out of question?1526

past question?1526

for sure1534

what else1540

beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542

to be a bidden by1549

out of (also without) all cry1565

with a witness1579

upon my word1591

no question1594

out of all suspicion1600

for a certain1608

without scruple1612

to be sure1615

that's pos1710

in course1722

beyond (all) question1817

(and) no mistake1818

no two ways about it (also that)1818

of course1823

bien entendu1844

yessiree1846

you bet you1857

make no mistake1876

acourse1883

sans doute1890

how are you?1918

you bet your bippy1968

c1320 Cast. Love 783 Of þe middel heuȝ is to wite Þe swetnesse and þe feirschipe.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 431 Hit were to witen Whi þe bataille of Troye was smiten.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 114 It were to wite þe moral sense of þese wordis.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 328 It were to wite..wheþer priue confession made to prestis be nedeful.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) iii. ii Firste it is to wetynge what þinge the soule is.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Add. MS 27944) xvii. ii It is to wytynge [1495 wyte] þat a graffe..chaungeþ þe..qualite of þe stok in to his owne..qualite.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 223 For the more cleering of this present answere, it is to wite that a thing is holi in three maners.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 231 Bot quhethir his awin legis ar behaldyn to kepe his assuraunce, jn that poynt jt is to wit.

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xxxiiij It is to wyt that the holy Londe..in parte..was called y^e kyngdome of Iude.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 16 And it is to wit, that this word (inheritance) is not only intended where a man hath Lands or Tenements by discent of inheritage. [Comm.] Et est ascauoire. This kinde of speech is vsed..oftentimes by our Authour..and euer teacheth vs some rule of Law, or generall or sure leading point.

†b. that is to wit (also that is to witting) = Anglo-Norman cestasavoir literally ‘that is to know’: that is to say, that is, namely: = Latin scilicet, videlicet (viz.); occasionally = id est phr. (i.e.). Obsolete replaced by the simple to wit at sense 10c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] > namely or that is to say

id esteOE

that is to sayc1175

that is to wit1340

that is to witting1340

to say1547

to wit1577

to understand1579

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 1 Tuaye lettres of þe abece, þet is to wytene A. and b.

a1400 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 349 Þese ben þe olde vsages of þe Cite of Wynchestre..Þat is to wetynge, þat [etc.].

1440 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 360 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Ȝeldynge there of by the ȝere to the forseyde Johan, that ys to wetynge, the furste ȝere vi s. and viii d., and every ȝere after xiii s. and iiii d.

c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 403 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 19 Twa substance, þat is to wyt, of devel and man, to-gyddir knete.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v The whiche parte was iumelle that is to wete double.

1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. hj Your harnays, That is to wyte your rodde: your lynes.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxiii. f. xxxij^v For one ys youre master, that is to wytt Christ.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 75 Where of we haue hearde a grete wonder, that is to wete, that that same kynde dieth & lyueth agayn.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 8 Vpon conditions agreed betweene them: that is to wit, that the Athenians shoulde furnishe them with a shippe.

c. to wit:

(a) ‘To be sure’, as one may know, truly, indeed. Obsolete or rare (archaic).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed

soothlyc825

forsoothc888

wiselyc888

sooth to sayOE

i-wislichec1000

to (‥) soothOE

iwis?c1160

certesa1250

without missa1275

i-witterlic1275

trulyc1275

aplight1297

certc1300

in (good) fayc1300

verily1303

certain1330

in truthc1330

to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330

certainlya1375

faithlya1375

in faitha1375

surelya1375

in sooth1390

in trothc1390

in good faitha1393

to witc1400

faithfullyc1405

soothly to sayc1405

all righta1413

sad?a1425

in certc1440

wella1470

truec1480

to say (the) truth1484

of a truth1494

of (a) trotha1500

for a truth?1532

in (of) verity1533

of verityc1550

really1561

for, in, or into very?1565

indeed1583

really and truly1600

indeed and indeed1673

right enough1761

deed1816

just1838

of a verity1850

sho1893

though1905

verdad1928

sholy1929

ja-nee1937

only1975

deffo1996

c1400 Song of Roland 850 Ther fell..A straung wedur. A gret derk myst in the myd-day-tym,..the erthe dynnyd doillfully to wet.

c1400 Melayne 222 Þay..bade hym come owte with þam to fyghte, To witt with owtten wene.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 14002 The worthiest to wete, þat in wer deghit.

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 166 No fault so great to wit, Which at the prayer of faultie folkes the Gods do not remit.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxv He was, to weet, a little roguish Page.

1819 J. Keats On C. A. Brown i He is to weet a melancholy carle.

(b) That is, namely, scilicet.In former law practice used to indicate (and placed after the name of) the venue of a trial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > specifically [phrase] > namely or that is to say

id esteOE

that is to sayc1175

that is to wit1340

that is to witting1340

to say1547

to wit1577

to understand1579

1577 E. Woolton Castell of Christians sig. Bviij^v That common saying.., that the beginning of vertue is of Nature, to wyt of Perfect Nature.

1579 in W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue sig. B j The same testimonye that ye alledge, to weete, that they had Moses and the Prophets.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. x. sig. V4 Some Clarkes doe doubt..Whether this heauenly thing, whereof I treat, To weeten Mercie be of Iustice part.

1608 Bp. J. King Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 12 He..reigned long, to weete, fourty years.

1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. vi. 3. 137 An abortiue child, to wit, one that is borne before his time, and dyeth in his birth.

1657 W. Style Regestum Practicale 351 Incertain words in the Count or Declaration, may be made good..by a plea in Bar. Hill 22 Car. B. r. To wit, by the Defendants taking notice of the meaning of them in his plea.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋9 Accounting for what we frequently see, to wit, that dull Fellows prove very good Men of Business.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 39 In certain degrees of heat, to wit, in thirty three of Fahrenheit's thermometer, and upwards, water is always fluid.

1765 G. Wilson Raymond's Entries III. 168 Allen against Harris...Kent, (to wit).

1823 Broadsheet (Bodl. G. A. Oxon. b. 112, lf. 80) Oxfordshire to Wit. Sentences of the Prisoners, Who were tried at the Summer Assizes at Oxford.

1832 P. Bingham Rep. Court Common Pleas 8 235 At Martinmas 1830, to wit, on the 23d of November 1830.

1852 Oxford Chron. 3 July 1/5 advt. Oxfordshire Election. Proclamation for a Special County Court. Oxfordshire to wit.

1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. iv. 114 Thrice nine ridges.., to wit, nine of bog, nine of smooth and nine of wood.