单词 | wise |
释义 | wisen.1 archaic. I. Simple uses relating to manner, style, or melody. a. Manner, mode, fashion, style; spec. habitual manner of action, habit, custom (cf. way n.1 23). Obsolete (in later use Scottish): see also II. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [noun] wayeOE costOE wise971 gatec1175 custc1275 form1297 guise13.. mannerc1300 kindc1330 assizea1375 plighta1393 makea1400 fashionc1400 reason?c1400 method1526 voye1541 how1551 way1563 garb1600 quality1600 mould1603 quomodo1623 modus1648 mode1649 turn1825 road1855 gait1866 methodology1932 stylee1982 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] i-wunec888 wise971 gatec1175 lawc1175 manners?c1225 wone?c1225 usec1325 hauntc1330 use1340 rotec1350 consuetude1382 customancea1393 usancea1393 practicc1395 guisea1400 usagea1400 wonta1400 spacec1400 accustomancec1405 customheada1425 urec1425 wontsomenessc1425 accustomc1440 wonningc1440 practice1502 habitudec1598 habiture1598 habit1605 wonting1665 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group i-wunec888 thewc893 wise971 law of (the) landc1175 customa1200 wonec1200 tidingc1275 orderc1300 usancea1325 usagec1330 usea1393 guisea1400 spacec1400 stylec1430 rite1467 fashion1490 frequentation1525 institution1551 tradition1597 mode1642 shibboleth1804 dastur1888 praxis1892 971 Blickl. Hom. 55 Maniges mannes wise bið þæt he wile symle to his nehstan sprecan þa word þe he wenþ þæt him leofoste syn to gehyrenne. c1220 Bestiary 468 Ðe spinnere..werpeð ðus hire web, and weueð on hire wise. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1029 For heom ne may halter ne bridel Bringe from here wode wyse. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12689 An hundred þusende. iwepnede þeines ohte on heore londes wise. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1213 Þat folc verst in is wise, To hor godes as hii wolde, dude hor sacrefice. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xx. 263 Þis is þe worste wise þat eny wight myghte Synegen aȝens þe seynt espirit. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1919) xi. 49 & ȝit þei ben in moornynge in the wise þat þei maden here lamentacioun for him the firste tyme. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 25 Our all the toune rewlyng on thar awne wis. 1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxiv. 3 Quho list to mark the Scottisch gyse..Sall weill persave thair craftie wyse. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to in wise ofc1290 by (also for) reason ofa1350 as to (the) regard ofc1392 in regard of or toc1392 upon the side ofa1393 with regard toc1392 in respect of?a1425 in this (also that) behalf1458 upon the feat of1483 for (the) respect of1489 as pertains to1526 in order to1526 with respect1556 ad idem1574 on this behalf1581 in or with reference to1593 quoad hoc1601 in point of1605 with intuition to (of)1626 in the mention of1638 in terms of1704 how and about1753 as regards1797 as concerns1816 w.r.t.1956 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost to do (also lay) one's mightc1175 to do, make one's wisec1290 to do (also make) one's powerc1390 to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 to do one's force?c1450 to do or die1487 to do one's endeavour(sc1500 to do the best of one's power1523 to do (also try) one's best1585 to do one's possible1792 to pull out all the stops1927 to bust (also break) one's balls1968 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [phrase] > after the fashion of in wise ofc1290 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > consequently or as a result [phrase] > in order that or so that insomuch thata1450 in wise that1561 insomuch as1579 c1290 Beket 1279 in S. Eng. Leg. 143 Þo he hadde al is tale itold and imaked is grete wise [v.r. al his wise], He sat adoun. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 64 This Troylus, yn wyse of curtasie,..rod and dide here compaynye. 1454 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 154 Ledam wulde a do hys wyse to a mad a complent to Pry[s]othe jn þe schere howse of ȝow. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 565 All Wallace folk in wys off wer was gud. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Ff.iiv Wt the wayes which she ordeined, those Realmes are still ruled, in wise that albeit her lief wanteth, yet her authoritie lyueth. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] songeOE wisea1000 chant1587 voice-music1600 charm1633 vocal1769 minstrelsy1863 a1000 Menologium 70 Wrecan wordum forð, wise [MS. wisse] gesingan. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 519 So sone so þu sittest a brode Þu forleost al þine wise. II. Old English wíse manner, fashion, like the cognate forms in other Germanic languages (see the respective sections below), was used in various kinds of adverbial expressions meaning ‘in such-and-such a manner, way, or respect’, in which it was qualified by an adjective or a noun with or without a governing preposition. Several of these expressions, with others formed on their pattern in later periods, have survived as simple words, e.g. anywise, crosswise, leastwise, likewise, nowise, otherwise, slantwise, in which -wise has the appearance of a suffix, and, in so far as it could or can still be freely combined with an adjective or a noun (as in senses 1b, 5b), it has actually performed the function of a suffix. The free use of the various forms, i.e. apart from the established simple words, is now only archaic except in sense 5b. 3. a. With demonstrative, interrogative, or indefinite adjective in an oblique case. (†rarely plural)In Old English óðre wísan varies with on óðre wísan (see otherwise n., adv., and adj.), but most later expressions of this form, e.g. likewise adv., thiswise adv., what-wise adv., resulted from ellipses of the preposition in expressions of the type in 4a. thuswise adv. is an analogical combination with an adverb.Cf. Old Frisian hûdêne wîs, Old Saxon hû wîs(e, Old High German andar wîs, einic wîs, Middle High German neheine wîs, der selben wîs, manege(n wîs. ΚΠ 971 Blickl. Hom. 177 Þe læs þe oðre wisan ænig man leoge. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15984 Wulchere wise [c1300 Otho wey] he mihte wið Aðelstane fihte. 13.. Bonaventura's Medit. 154 Þat he to hys treytur dyd þe same wyse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11971 ‘Sun’, sco said, ‘wrick [Fairf. wirk] noght þis wise’. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20398 Of vs es nan þat wat for quam, Ne wat quat-wis we heder cam. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17473 All fals sal far þat ilk wise. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 11971 Wirk noȝt suche wise [Vesp. þis wise]. c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 198 Syth that hit woll none other wyse be. c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) l. 9896 This castelle..is feyror many wyse [Vesp. on mani wise] Then tong can telle. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 78 His menȝe..That vs dispisis mony vis. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 127 It will not walkin me no wise. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 87 How sowld I rewill me or in quhat wyis. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. x. 93 And as thai flokkit about Enee, als tyte Sic vise ontil thaim carpis Sibilla. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid iv. Prol. 188 With Venus henvifis quhat wyse may I flite? 1524 King Henry VIII Instruct. Pace in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xiii. 30 The delaying..of this matier may do moche harme, and prejudice sundry wises. 1530 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. x. 20 I haue prayed no other wysse then the trewth. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 11 Thys law..must..be referryd, non other wyse then the conclusyons of artys mathematical are ever referryd to theyr pryncypullys. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. A7 Suche wise that the great loue that the father bore her, greued her meruelouslie sore. 1560 Abst. Protocols Town Clerks of Glasgow (1896) II. 84 All reicht..quhilk he had or ony wyis mycht haif. 1649 C. Wase tr. Sophocles Electra 12 Whilst things stand this wise with me. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. ii. xi. 36 The Houses, that can no wise afford above one Garden. 1799 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (ed. 4) II. 242 A bougie..would be every wise as proper. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iii. 118 No wise beautiful Was Marian Erle. 1883 L. Oliphant Altiora Peto II. xviii He did it this wise. b. With general adjectives, often forming an equivalent of -ly suffix2, as †humble wise = humbly, despiteful-wise = despitefully: in later use hyphenated or as one word.Cf. Middle High German glîcher wîse (German gleicherweise), German glücklicherweise, irrtümlicherweise, törichterweise, zufälligerweise, etc.; normaler weise, etc. ΚΠ OE Beowulf 1865 Ic þa leode wat..fæste geworhte, æghwæs untæle ealde wisan. c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 480 The nyghtes longe Encressen double wise the peynes stronge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21277 Þe queles er draun diuerse wise. 1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 129/1 Service, the which the seid Galiard..had doon dyvers wise to your goode grace. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 932 Thus may thow, and thow will, wirk the best wise. 1592 H. Constable Diana i. i. sig. B1 Humble wise To thee my sighes in verse I sacrifise. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 157 It was formed hooked-wise. 1866 Church & State Rev. 11 May 298/2 It is no dull good-boy book, to be taken teetotalwise. 1876 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets vi. 220 ‘The Princess’ and ‘The Idylls of the King’, are written Dorian-wise. 1903 R. Kipling S. Afr. in Five Nations vi She..Treated them despiteful-wise. 4. a. (a) With preposition (originally on, archaic since 16th cent.; Old English also of; from 14th cent. in) and demonstrative, interrogative, or indefinite adjective, as on náne wísan in no way, nowise adv., of þisse wísan in this way, thiswise adv. (Cf. sense 1a) Sometimes illogically written as one word or with hyphen.Cf. Old Saxon an negana wîsa, Middle Low German in wat wîs(e, Old High German in thesa, alla, managa, zwei wîs, ze dero, andrero, welero wîs, etc., German auf andere, solche, welche weise, etc. ΚΠ c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xvi. §2 On nane wisan. c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. xxvii. 72 Ne meaht þu on oðre wisan biscop halgian buton oðrum biscopum. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xv. 10 Ita, on ða wisa. 971 Blickl. Hom. 31 Þas cyþnesse Drihten nam of þisse wisan. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 341/26 Aliter, on ænige oðre wisan. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 On monie wisen mon mei wurchen elmessan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2534 Herrsumm onn alle wise. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 203 Alle he laðeð ech a sume wise to endelese blisse. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 904 Seie me in what wise þat þat hache þe haldes. c1400 Rom. Rose 5940 Ben thanne siche marchauntz wise, No, but fooles in euery wise. c1440 Generydes 102 I am come here, in lyke wyse as ye see. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Oxf.) (1912) l. 4660 Cursid he ys and Covetous in alle wyse. 1466 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 333 In alwyse I avyse you for to be ware. 1472 M. Paston in Paston Lett. III. 62 In any wyse..labore to have an ende of your grete materes. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. iii. 9 Are we better then they? No in no wyse. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8440 Andromaca..prayet the prinse..On nowise in thys world the walles to passe. 1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. 374 b For all that, it is in any wise [L. omnino] necessarie. 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. (S.T.S.) 112 Thay..vil in nauyse suffer onie man to..preache aganis the same. 1702 in Rous's Academia Cœlestis Advt. sig. A2v One who was in no wise averse to that common Learning. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 269 Provided, however, it were in no-wise an obstacle. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 318 The abdominal ring is in nowise concerned in the disease. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. iv. vii. 82 In this wise, affairs had gone on for a month. 1848 D. G. Rossetti Last Confession in Poems (1870) 67 The father's, brother's love—was changed, I think, in somewise. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard ii. i I thought I was..lying by my lord, and knew In somewise he was well awake. 1879 M. Arnold Fr. Crit. Milton in Mixed Ess. 238 Whoever comes to the Essay on Milton..will feel that the essay in nowise helps hims. 1905 J. B. Bury Life St. Patrick vii. 139 Tell us how we may know him, in what~wise he will appear. (b) with a or a numeral, or plural. ΚΠ a1000 Colloq. Ælfric in Wright Voc. (1857) I. 7 On feala wisan ic beswice fugelas. c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xxxviii. 237 Bifariam, on twa wisan. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 77 Þe fader is ine þe sune on þre wise. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 9 Teȝenes ure emcristene we sulle laden ure lif edmodeliche on two wise. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 3 Alle ne maȝen naut..halden on ane wise þe vtterre riwle. a1300 Cursor Mundi 29506 O thrijn wijs Mai cursing be tald on right wijs. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 62 Þe dyeuel..him chongeþ in uele wysen þet uolk uor to gyly. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1805 Þus vpon þrynne wyses I haf yow þro schewed, Þat vnclannes to cleues in corage dere. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ix. ii. 197/1 Disceiuable in many sondry wyses. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 548 Persoones myȝten..synne bi manye wijsis. c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 99 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 225 In a vice to-gyddyr fede & in ane aray in bak & bede. 1520 Rolls of Parl. V. 437/1 In other divers manere of wyses. b. With general adjectives: cf. sense 1b (occasionally illogically as one word or with hyphen.)Cf. in like wise adv., and Old Frisian to lîkere wîs (and). ΚΠ 971 Blickl. Hom. 189 Þa cwæþ Neron, On ða betstan wisan þu demest. a1100 Aldhelm Glosses i. 1252 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 34 Mirum in modum, on wunderlicum gemete [in another hand wise]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13892 Wes þe kaisere of-slæȝen a seolcuðe wisen. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 20 In euery skylful wyse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10948 Als lagh was þan on ald wise. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1095 So sodanly on a wonder wyse, I was war of a prosessyoun. 1423 Kingis Quair xcvii That coude his office doon In connyng wise. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 28028 Ȝe oft sithes on wonderwise Biswikes þam. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xi. vii. 580 I will..that ye be wel bisene in the rychest wyse. 1480 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 29 In as lovynge whyse as harte cone thynke. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 144 Thareto j ansuere jn double wis. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 274 We..To ȝou that ar in purgatorie Commendis ws on our hairtlie wys. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aiii I shall pray for you in lyke wyse. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 87 You take a discord for the first part, & not in binding wise. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 360 Some in scoffing manner; others in malicious wise. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 98 These letters in scattering wise, c a e r a t i c. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. Authors Way sig. A5 By all means in all Loving-wise, them greet. View more context for this quotation 1782 J. Trumbull MʽFingal (new ed.) iv. 70 In mournful wise. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard (1894) i. i. 13 You praise her in too lover-like a wise. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 46 A while in gentle wise they went. 5. a. With preposition (see sense 2) and noun in (non-syntactical) combination with wise, e.g. Old English on scipwísan in the manner of a ship, like a ship.Cf. Old Saxon an kuningwîsa(n like a king, Middle High German in kriuzewîs, Middle Swedish i korsvîs crosswise. ΚΠ c890 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. (1900) 343 Twegen oflæthlafas on beagwisan abacene. a950 Prose Life Guthlac (1848) ii. 107 Mid þam þe seo yld com þæt hit sprecan mihte æfter cnihtwisan. c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints vi. 247 On munuc~wisan gescryd. c1070 in Thorpe Charters (1865) 430 Mycel Englisc boc..on leoðwisan geworht. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 138 Kulleden hym on-crosse-wyse. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. viii. 163 In a weythwynde wyse ywryþe al aboute. c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 5245 In karol wise I saugh hem goon. 1495 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 427/2 In Indenture wise. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 175 Ayre vp the erthe on ardagh wise. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4762 The grekes..At wyndous on yche syde-wise a wondurfull nombur. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxv. 20) By the clifts of the earth wee may in metaphorwyse vnder~stande miserable men..broken and maymed. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xxvi. 41 This was done in ballade wise..and was song very sweetely. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. K1v There twise as many pikes in quadrant wise . View more context for this quotation 1606 W. Crashaw Falsificationum Romanarum To Rdr. D 4 b The reuerend Master Iohn Ferus..did in Sermon-wise explane the bookes of Iob vnto the Citizens. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 333 The points of the Hornes meeting..in a kinde of circle-wise. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel ii. 41 Geraldine in maiden wise..turn'd her from Sir Leoline. 1916 H. E. G. Rope Relig. Ancilla 54 We trod the pilgrim road in pilgrim wise. b. without preposition (variously written). (a) The meaning is ‘in the manner of’, ‘in the..manner’. Cf. Middle Low German crûcewîs, Dutch kruiswijs, Middle High German kriuzewîse, German kreuzweise, pfandweise, etc. ΚΠ 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ix. xxxi. 368 On holy Saterdaye newe fyre is fette..and thus [= incense] is putte therin crossewyse. 1459 Paston Lett. I. 475 A goune..with side slevis, sirples wise. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. iv. 173 The alphyn goth alleway corner wyse fro the thirde poynt to the thirde poynt. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 844/2 Dyamant wyse, loserige [sic] wyse, trewlove wyse. c1530 Court of Love 1354 Within a temple shapen hauthorn wise. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxv Whiche..is made soo compase wyse and caue or holowe in the myddes, that, [etc.]. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 37 To order it garden wyse, castyng it into beddes. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 32 No man presumed to make any solemne oration assembly-wise [L. in modum concionis]. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 224 Seuerall Quires, placed one ouer against another, and taking the Voice by Catches Anthemewise. 1631 in Courridge Ye Olde Streete of Pavement (c1890) 177/1 Let them tie upon a stick, posie wise, a little piece of sponge. 1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 100 Then the Priest Collect-wise makes a Prayer. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iii. 61 Let us try once more to argue Cardinalwise. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Cutting They do at other Times cut sloaping, and Hind-foot-wise. 1743 W. Shenstone Let. to Graves 23 Dec. The sides [of an alcove] ornamented with sheeps~bones, jaws, sculls, &c. festoon-wise. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxx. 346 Ahab..took Stubb's long spade..and striking it into the lower part of the half-suspended mass, placed its other end crutch-wise under one arm. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 21 Waiting at evening on the hill-tops for the sky to fall, that I might catch something, though I never caught much, and that, manna-wise, would dissolve again in the sun. 1876 S. C. J. Ingham White Cross xlviii ‘Oh, only in a brotherly way.’.. ‘Timothy or Titus-wise, you know.’ 1885 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 283 Priests sitting with their legs tucked up tailor-wise, in the attitude of Buddha. 1919 R. Firbank Valmouth iv. 52 Flecked with wood shavings, Saint Joseph-wise, it [sc. a gown] brought with it suggestions of Eastern men. 1921 Kastner & Charlton Poet. Wks. of Sir Wm. Alexander I. p. lvii The style throughout, Seneca-wise, ought to be magnificent and grave. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot i. ii. 11 Her mass of chestnut hair parted Rosetti-wise in the middle. 1940 ‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk ii. iv. 117 In a few minutes our vehicles were coiled serpent-wise round the château. (b) Used in the same way but with the sense: as regards, in respect of. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning forasmuch1297 as to1340 as fora1393 nentesa1400 accordingc1430 as respects1543 in (also with) relation to1551 relatively1609 quoad1622 referently1650 on, upon the score (of)1651 on account of1653 schetically1678 with a view to1692 apropos1749 as regards1797 in the matter of1881 in aid of1918 wise1942 1942 E. R. Allen in J. J. Mattiello Protective & Decorative Coatings II. viii. 252 It should be noted that there are two types of hydrogen atoms positionwise. 1948 Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 16/3 Plotwise, it offers little more or little less of what-happens-next interest than may be found [etc.]. 1958 Spectator 10 Jan. 37/2 John Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford..in twelve TV performances, was the greatest, successwise, among the aristocrats. 1958 Times 5 Sept. 11/5 An ill-disciplined, over-paid, frustrated youth, whose life chances have been vastly improved moneywise without commensurate social adjustment. 1961 Far East Film News (Tokyo) Apr. 5/1 1961 so far has been UA [sc. United Artists] all the way prize-wise with this company taking an even dozen Oscars. 1976 J. I. M. Stewart Memorial Service xii. 184 These were a gentle race..desperately worried over the grim state of the market job-wise. 1981 Gossip (Holiday Special) 24/1 Acting-wise, I like Katharine Hepburn, Joanne Woodward, Judy Garland and, of course, Marilyn. c. with preposition and noun in the genitive.Cf. Old Frisian thiaveswîse like a thief, Middle Low German (in) dieves wîse, in pelegrimes wîse, gastes wîse as a guest, Old High German in eseles wîs like an ass, Middle High German in kriuzes wîs crosswise, ze gesellen wîs like comrades. ΚΠ a1300 K. Horn 360 On a squieres wise. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2961 It was on fendes wise wrogt. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 148 On Palfreis wyse. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 9 In A weþe~bondes wyse I-wriþen aboute [cf. quot. 1393 at sense 3a]. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 53 In pilgrimes wyse. 1423 Kingis Quair cxvii In thaire flouris wise. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard (1894) i. iii. 46 On peaceable men's wise. ΚΠ c1200 Vices & Virtues 25 On alles kennes wisen. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4380 In no maner wice. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9486 He ne mai be fre on nakins wis [Gött. nan-kin wise]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7984 On quatkin wise. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 91 On mani maner wis. c1480 (a1400) St. Bartholomew 129 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 183 One foure-kine wise. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. C.ij In lyke maner of wyse. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccviii. 287 b/1 In some maner awyse. 1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. P.vj In no maner wyse. 1563 P. Whitehorne tr. Onasander Of Generall Captaine & his Office f. 31 In no maner of wyse. Categories » 6. The synonymy of -wise and -ways in such adverbs as likeways, likewise, noways, nowise, led to their interchange and consequently the illogical use of -wise for -ways: see -ways comb. form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wisen.2 Obsolete exc. dialect. The stalk or stem of a plant; esp. a trailing stem or runner, as of the strawberry. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] sproteeOE wiseOE spronkOE wrideOE brodc1175 wanda1300 breerc1320 scion?c1335 spraya1387 spriga1398 springa1400 sprouta1400 spiringc1400 shoota1450 youngling1559 forth-growing1562 spirk1565 sprouting1578 surcle1578 chive1583 chit1601 spurt1601 sprit1622 germen1628 spurge1630 spirt1634 brairding1637 springet1640 set1658 shrubble1674 underling1688 sobolesa1722 branchlet1731 springlet1749 sproutling1749 sprang1847 shootlet1889 OE Riddle 65 4 Æghwa mec reafað, hafað mec on headre, ond min heafod scireþ, biteð mec on bær lic, briceð mine wisan. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 36 Streawbergean wise. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 415/34 Gesce, eall hwite wysan. c1425 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 310 Tak an handful of Bugyl, an oþer of strawebery wyse. c1440 MS. Lincoln A. i. 17 lf. 280 (Halliw.) Take the wyse of tormentile, and bray it. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 531/1 Wyse, of strawbery (P. or pesyn), fragus. c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 177 Tak bugle, streberywyse, mene consond [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wiseadj.n.3adv. 1. a. (a) Having or exercising sound judgement or discernment; capable of judging truly concerning what is right or fitting, and disposed to act accordingly; having the ability to perceive and adopt the best means for accomplishing an end; characterized by good sense and prudence. Opposed to foolish. (See also wise man n. 1.) Also in wise old man; spec. = wise man n. 4.In Middle English often in collocation with ware adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > prudence, discretion > [adjective] warec888 wiseOE adviseda1325 witty1340 prudenta1382 thoughtfula1400 wisea1400 well-advisedc1405 visablea1450 canny1581 judicious1598 serious-minded1694 expedient1828 far-seeing1837 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adjective] wiseOE deada1592 sure-footed1633 inerring1661 unerring1679 safe1788 errorless1856 inerroneous1880 error-free1927 OE Beowulf 1845 Mægenes strang, and on mode frod, wis wordcwida! c1000 Rule of Chrodegang liv Preostas sceolon gemunan þæt hig ne synt..wisran þonne Salomon. a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 656 Theodorus, swiðe god man & wis. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 72 Salomon þe wise. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 192 He is wis and war of worde. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3142 Heo wes swiðe wis of wordliche dome. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5388 King alfred was wisost king þat longe was biuore. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 311 A Sergeaunt of lawe waar and wys. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 68 Thogh þt he weere worthy he was wys. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 113 In meet & drynke be þow scars & wisse. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 526/1 Wyce, in werkynge and ware.., discretus, providus. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 327 The vis king, that ves vicht and bald. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 48 As wis woman ay I wrought and not as wod fule. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 78 And quha can reive vthir menis rowmis..Is now ane active man, and wyice. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQviiv We shulde also be wele ware or wyse, as is the serpent. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxv. f. xxxvv Fyve of them were folysshe, and fyve were wyse. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1463 A man witty & wise, wight, wildist in armes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 156 Claudio And she is exceeding wise. Prince In euery thing but in louing Benedicke. View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Taylor Part Summers Trav. 42 To tempt and draw the wisest men to folly. a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. v. 37 That man must daily wiser grow, Whose search is bent himself to know. 1798 R. Southey Well of St. Keyne 51 She had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to Church. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend II. i. 23 The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents, that he understands their arguments and sympathizes with their just feelings. 1872 Ld. Tennyson In Children's Hospital vi ‘If I,’ said the wise little Annie, ‘was you, I should cry to the dear Lord Jesus to help me.’ 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xiv. 383 The wisest of all the sons of men before the Incarnation of the Son of God was Solomon, king of Israel. 1940 S. Dell tr. C. G. Jung Integr. Personality (1941) iii. 88 The three archetypes so far mentioned—the shadow, the anima, and the wise old man—are of the kind immediately experienced in personified form. 1956 R. F. C. Hull tr. C. G. Jung Symbols of Transformation in Coll. Wks. V. ii. vii. 332 The archetype of the wise old man first appears in the father, being a personification of meaning and spirit in its procreative sense. 1961 G. Adler Living Symbol xvii. 397 The more remote and more powerful figure of the ‘wise old man’ represents a further step..to a higher and more comprehensive wisdom. 1968 A. Whitney Every Man has his Price viii. 61 Now he was a wise old man, greatly feared, much respected. 1975 D. Daniell Interpreter's House iii. 60 There is a Wise Old Man..blind and of immense strength who..blesses John Burnet. 1977 M. Green Children of Sun (rev. ed.) i. 36 A whole movement focuses passionate values..on them [sc. young men]—as opposed to focusing them on the wise old man. (b) of God. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > knowing or omniscient wittyOE wisea1325 all-wittya1425 omniscious1588 omniscient1598 all-knowing1759 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) 260 Ihesus, god and man so wis. c1400 tr. Secr. Secr., Gov. Lordsh. 92 God ys wys and conynge. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Jude 25 To God oure saveour, whyche only ys wyse [1611 to the onely wise God our Sauiour], be glory, maiestie, dominion, and power. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. i. 6 We ignorant of our selues, Begge often our owne harmes, which the wise Powres Deny vs for our good. View more context for this quotation 1719 I. Watts Psalms of David 159 Thou Great and Good, thou Just and Wise, Thou art my Father and my God! (c) of animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > intelligent witty1398 wise1560 ingenious1607 sagacious1759 a1000 Boeth. Metr. xviii. 5 Sio wilde beo, þeah wis sie [etc.]. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Prov. xxx. 24 These be foure smal things.., yet thei are wise and ful of wisdome. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 57 The wise Ant her wintry Store provides. View more context for this quotation 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies ii. 65 The wise dog took them over the moor. (d) of superhuman beings and personifications. ΚΠ c1400 Rom. Rose 4621 Resoun Discrete and wijs and full pleasaunt. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 368 He..hath vpon him still that naturall stampe: It was wise Natures end..To be his euidence now. View more context for this quotation 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. Infin. Worlds cv Wise preventing Destinie. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 382 Wise Nature, in giving so much force to early habits, intended that our happiness should depend on those who are most concerned to promote it. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women xxx, in Poems (new ed.) 129 No one can be more wise than destiny. (e) const. to (with noun or infinitive), unto. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > prudence, discretion > [adjective] warec888 wiseOE adviseda1325 witty1340 prudenta1382 thoughtfula1400 wisea1400 well-advisedc1405 visablea1450 canny1581 judicious1598 serious-minded1694 expedient1828 far-seeing1837 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8544 Was neuer nan wiser lagh to lede. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 420 Hem that made hem silf seme wijse forto condempne mennis lawe. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xvi. 19 I wolde have you wyse vnto that which is good. And to be innocent as concernynge evyll. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Tim. iii. 15 Which is able to make the wyse vnto health. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Jer. iv. 22 Thei are wise to do euil, but to do wel thei haue no knowledge. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Kiv v It makes my harte bleede to see thee so wise to wickednes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 193 Wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. View more context for this quotation 1781 W. Cowper Charity 87 Wise to promote whatever end he means, God opens fruitful nature's various scenes. (f) in proverbs and proverbial sayings. (See also 6c.) ΚΠ 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 9884 Wyys ys þat ware ys. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xvi. f. ciijv The chyldren of this worlde, are in their kynde [1611 generation], wyser then the chyldren off light. 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. C.ij He is in vayne wyse yt is not wyse for hym selfe. [See Prov. ix. 12.] 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. viii. sig. Ci Who wedth or he be wise, shall dye er he thryue. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 72 It is a wise Father that knowes his owne childe. View more context for this quotation 1617 B. Rich Irish Hubbub 16 We were wont to say, it was a wise childe that did know the owne Father. 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 319 The proverb of being wise behind the time. 1745 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack 14 Fools make feasts and wise men eat them. 1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. xix. 204 Men who are wise are wise in time. 1881 G. Saintsbury Dryden i. 10 Sir Gilbert Pickering..was wiser in his generation. b. Of action, speech, personal attributes, etc.: Proceeding from, indicating, or suggesting sound judgement or good sense; ‘becoming a wise man’ (Johnson); sage. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [adjective] wiseOE over-wisea1425 self-wise1573 wiseacred1603 nod-crafty1608 sapienta1763 sage1816 wiseacreish1834 OE Crist III 921 Þæt mæg wites to wearninga þam þe hafað wisne geþoht. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 251 For þe askunge mei vuel fallen bute þe askunge beo þe wisere. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 149 Þet nan wisre read ne mei hire bringen of hire riote. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. x. 71 Vche wiȝt in þis world þat haþ wys vnderstondinge. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 134 Anothyr yewyth a vyse consail. a1500 R. Henryson in tr. Æsop Fables Prol. l. 17 in Poems (1981) 3 Ane doctrine wyse aneuch And full of frute. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. i. 68 It is certaine, that eyther wise bearing, or ignorant cariage is caught, as men take diseases one of another. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 156 Full of wise sawes, and moderne instances. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 666 One..eminent In wise deport, spake much of Right and Wrong. View more context for this quotation a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. (1675) i. vi. 84 It must be a Wise Being that is the Cause of those Wise Effects. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxiii. 166 My father also thought fit (perhaps for wise reasons) to acquaint us, that he designed for us but small fortunes. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. iv. 101 Teach your affection to see with a wiser eye. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 89 By a wise dispensation of Providence. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 71 He thought it wise not to attempt the ascent farther. a. Having practical understanding and ability; skilful, clever; skilled, expert (const. of). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective] glewc725 wiselyc900 snoterc950 wiseOE keena1000 witterc1100 redewisec1225 redefulc1275 well-donec1275 witfulc1275 sage1297 redya1325 heartya1382 prudenta1382 hearteda1425 subtilea1450 sapient1471 Palladian1562 wittiful1590 judicious1591 cordate1651 sophical1739 sophica1773 sapientious1852 unbesotted1875 sapiential1882 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > expert, proficient, or versed wiseOE perfectc1350 expertc1374 pertc1390 complete1526 flesh-bred1548 exact1589 proficienta1593 traded1609 well (better, best) verseda1610 made-upa1616 thorough-paceda1628 elementeda1661 peevish1673 adept1698 finished1710 nap1862 OE Cynewulf Elene 592 He is for eorðan æðeles cynnes, wordcræftes wis ond witgan sunu, bald on meðle. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 282 Of alle þewes was she wis, Þat gode weren. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1270 In warld was non so wiis Of craft þat men knewe. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2745 I rede ȝe wyrke aftyre witte, as wyesse men of armes. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 53 Ȝit am I wise in sic werk. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1530 Wise wrightis to wale, werkys to caste. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxijv He secretly sent wise espialles..to searche & prye oute of what progeny thys..Rycharde was dissended. b. spec. Skilled in magic or hidden arts. Now only dialect, as in wise wife, wise man n. 3, wise woman n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > possessing magical qualities or skill cunning1594 wisea1639 fey1823 a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1655) vi. 383 Agnes Samson (commonly called the wise wife of Keith) was..a woman not of the base and ignorant sort of Witches. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. vi. §6 102 While he wish'd to himself that some wise body would help him to his..money again there appeared unto him a Spirit. 3. a. Having knowledge, well-informed; instructed, learned (in, earlier of, upon). Obsolete except as in 3b. (See also wise man n. 2a, wise woman n. 1.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] yleredc897 keena1000 wisec1000 leredc1154 wittya1225 cunningc1325 taughta1382 clergialc1386 wittilyc1400 philosophicala1425 erudite?a1475 clergyable1488 informeda1500 studieda1513 estudied1550 learned1556 well-read?1576 scholarly1583 scholarlike1588 well-digested1602 literated1611 artificial1618 scienced1636 clerk-like1638 scollardicall1654 philosophic1665 virtuosoa1667 virtuousa1680 doct1694 blue-stockinged1791 bluestocking1793 scholared1830 eruditical1832 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 146 Læcas lærdon, þa þe wisoste wæron, þæt nan man on þam monþe ne drenc ne drunce. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 331 Sone ge it ðor of hauen eten,..ge..sulen..ben so wise alle euene So ðo ðe wunen a-buuen in heuone. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1605 Wys vpon wod-crafteȝ. c1400 Rule St. Benet (prose) lxiv. 42 Sho aȝht at be wise in goddis law. c1480 (a1400) St. Eugenia 61 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 126 In al science at dewyce, þar mycht na woman wysare be. c1505 (title) Here begynneth thystorye of ye .vii. Wyse Maysters of rome. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iv. 18 But in these nice sharpe Quillets of the Law, Good faith I am no wiser then a Daw. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 179 Wiser and better learned in cases of Law,..than them~selves. 1747 T. Gray Ode Eton Coll. 8 Where Ignorance is Bliss, 'Tis Folly to be wise. b. (a) Informed or aware of something specified or implied. Now only in such phrases as none the wiser, as wise as before = knowing no more than before (i.e., usually, nothing) about the matter. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > lacking information none the wiserc1175 unformedc1540 untold1590 uninformed1597 unascertained1628 unnewseda1644 a stranger to1694 unapprised1728 tidingless1822 unenlightened1829 out of the loop1976 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2279 Forr þi wollde ȝho ben wis. Off þatt. þurrh godess enngell. c1220 Bestiary 799 In water ȝe is wis of heuekes come. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 372 Þis is a longe lessoun,..and litel am I þe wyser. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 424 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 41 Þat god wyss þame wald make peteris banis quhilk war of þai, and quhilk war pa[u]lis banis alsa. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 580 Thai maid him wys off all that suttell cace. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. i. 193 He may be ransomde, And we neuer the wiser. 1616 Withals' Dict. 574 Obscurum per obscurius, I am as wise as I was before. 1635 D. Dickson Short Explan. Hebrewes viii. 8. 156 The Church was made wyse of the imperfection of the Olde Covenant. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 2 Mar. (1948) II. 630 I went to day into the City to see Pat Rolt, who lodges with a City Cozen, a daughter of Coz Cleve (you are much the wiser). 1714 J. Swift Let. to Miss Vanhomrigh 8 June The pretender, or duke of Cambridge, may both be landed, and I never the wiser. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxx. 200 Messrs. Blathers and Duff came back again as wise as they went. 1889 Cent. Mag. July 343/1 Not one whit the wiser of the world than when he left home. (b) colloquial (originally U.S.). to be (or get) wise to, to be (or become) aware of; to put (one) wise (to), to inform one (of), enlighten one (concerning). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [phrase] to know what's whatc1422 to know where to find a person1565 to see the light1812 to be awake to1813 to know a move or two1819 to get on to ——1880 to get the strength of1890 to be (or get) wise to1896 to get the picture1900 the penny dropped1939 to pick up1944 to get the message1959 to take on board1979 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > know, be aware of [verb (intransitive)] wit971 knowlOE to be aware (of, that)a1250 wota1300 be (well) warec1325 to know of ——c1390 not to seek1569 to know for ——1576 to know on ——1608 to have cognizance of1635 reck1764 to be (or get) wise to1896 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge of [verb (intransitive)] canOE to know of ——c1350 savoura1382 understanda1400 kenc1400 weeta1547 to keep up to1712 to know about ——1761 to be (or get) wise to1896 to wise up1905 to have heard of1907 to be (or get) jerry (on, on to, to)1908 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)] > make or keep informed familiarize1593 to keep up to1889 to put (one) wise (to)1896 to wise up1905 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 1896 G. Ade Artie ii. 14 I told him that when he wanted to get wise to what was in my hand all he had to do was to dig up his bit and come in. 1896 G. Ade Artie xvii. 155 There was somethin' ailed me, but I was n't wise to it. 1904 Bookman May 248 In the favoured locution of the hour, he ‘put them wise’, and helped them to a clear understanding of the situation. 1913 A. Bennett Regent x. 296 ‘Tell me,..she hasn't got herself arrested yet, has she?’ ‘No. And she won't!’ ‘Why not?’ ‘The police have been put wise.’ 1918 H. Bindloss Agatha's Fortune xvii. 158 I suppose it was because the drummer put you wise that you went to Miss Strange? 1923 F. H. Kitchen Divers. Dawson 103 There would be the very devil to pay if Crutchley..got wise to their existence. 1937 G. Heyer They found him Dead ii. 41 Say, sister, get wise to this! You can't put nothin' across on me! 1950 G. Greene Third Man ii. 21 I met him my first term at school... He was a year older and knew the ropes. He put me wise to a lot of things. 1955 M. Gilbert Sky High xv. 210 I suppose Bill had just about got wise to you. 1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley v. 49 Dan wondered if the arty woman was wise to him. c. wise guy n. colloquial, originally U.S. an experienced or knowledgeable man; usually ironic or derog., a know-all, a wiseacre; someone who makes sarcastic or annoying remarks; also (with reversal of meaning), someone easily duped; also attributive. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [noun] clever-boots1847 smarty1847 smart alec1864 clever-clogs1866 clever-sides1886 clever Dick1895 wise guy1896 wisenheimer1904 smarty-pants1935 quiz kid1940 smart apple1940 smarty-boots1950 smart-ass1958 slick1959 clever-sticks1964 smart-arse1965 wise-ass1971 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe foola1382 woodcockc1430 geckc1530 cousinc1555 cokes1567 milch cow1582 gudgeon1584 coney1591 martin1591 gull1594 plover1599 rook1600 gull-finch1604 cheatee1615 goata1616 whirligig1624 chouse1649 coll1657 cully1664 bubble1668 lamb1668 Simple Simon?1673 mouth1680 dupe1681 cull1698 bub1699 game1699 muggins1705 colour1707 milk cow1727 flat1762 gulpin1802 slob1810 gaggee1819 sucker1838 hoaxee1840 softie1850 foozle1860 lemon1863 juggins1882 yob1886 patsy1889 yapc1894 fall guy1895 fruit1895 meemaw1895 easy mark1896 lobster1896 mark1896 wise guy1896 come-on1897 pushover1907 John1908 schnookle1908 Gretchen1913 jug1914 schnook1920 soft touch1924 prospect1931 steamer1932 punter1934 dill1941 Joe Soap1943 possum1945 Moreton Bay1953 easy touch1959 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [adjective] smarty1850 smart alec1877 clever-clever1896 wise guy1920 slick1921 smarty-pants1932 wisenheimer1937 smart-ass1951 smart-assed1957 smart-arsed1962 smarty-boots1962 smart-arse1965 wise-assed1967 wise-ass1971 1896 G. Ade Artie xvi. 149 He was the wise guy and I was the soft mark. 1903 H. Hapgood Autobiogr. Thief iv. 82 When these Rufus's up the State get a Yorker or a wise guy, they'll strip him down to his socks. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor ii. 28 You're wise guys, gents, both of yez. 1920 B. Tarkington Let. 5 Dec. in On Plays, Playwrights & Playgoers (1959) 42 However, they'd made the crowd aware of wise guy superiority. 1922 P. G. Wodehouse Adventures of Sally xiii. 219 Obviously one of the Wise Guys of whom her friend the sporting office~boy had spoken, he was frankly dissatisfied with the exhibition. 1929 W. T. Scanlon God have Mercy on Us! lvi. 331 We had positive orders not to pick up any form of documents and to leave them for the Intelligence Section—the ‘Wise Guy Section’, as we called it. 1932 ‘Ex-Convict No. ——’ Dartmoor from Within viii. 241 I..laugh—loud and long. ‘Conned’—‘conned’ by a pair of kids. I, the wise guy,..‘conned’ by one of..[Nobby's] pupils on my very first night of freedom. 1935 Evening News 29 June 3/1 An immense number of names has been invented for the victims [of confidence men]—..suckers, easy marks, wise guys, come-ons. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? (1943) i. 7 Listen, wise guy,..if you found something wrong..why didn't you come and tell me? 1959 C. Williams Man in Motion xi. 150 ‘What're you, a wise guy?’ he snarled. 1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 50/3 The cop..told Rob he didn't think it was funny, portfolio or not, declared that he was a clear-cut wise guy and placed him under arrest. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 7 Aug. 17/1 Kramer and Roberts seem unable to shake off the brittle, knowing, wise-guy tone of voice. 4. In one's right mind, sane. Now Scottish and dialect.So Dutch wijs. Cf. wisdom n. 4.Cf. Beowulf 3094 wis and gewittig (= fully conscious). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective] in (one's right) witc1000 wittyc1000 wisec1290 well-tempered1340 reasonablec1400 safe1402 perfectc1440 well in (also of) one's witsa1450 right in one's geara1500 well-advised1532 sensed1549 unmad1570 well-advised1585 rational1598 solid1606 in one's (right) senses1613 formala1616 of (in) disposing mind or memory1628 compos mentis1631 righta1638 well-hinged1649 well-balanced1652 spacked1673 clear-headed1709 sane1721 unfantastic1794 unmaddened1797 pas si bête1840 lucid1843 unfantastical1862 clothed and in one's right mind1873 right-minded1876 ungiddy1904 clear1950 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 412 Here men miȝhten iseo Hou he pleiȝez with þis ȝongue brid; he ne miȝhte nouȝt wys beo. a1400 [implied in: Morte Arth. 3817 Schountes he no lengare; Bot alls vnwyse wodewyse he wente at the gayneste. (at unwise adj. 3)]. 1481 [implied in: W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 64 I lepe here and there as an vnwyse [Du. onvroet] man. (at unwise adj. 3)]. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. A4 Anes wood, never wise. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 231 Oth. Fire and Brimstone. Des. My Lord. Oth. Are you wise?.. Des. My Lord. Oth. I am glad to see you mad. View more context for this quotation 1881 ‘S. Tytler’ Three Frights (1882) 9 They were each, according to a significant old Scotch phrase, ‘wise (pronounced wice, and meaning rather rational than sagacious) and warld-like’. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] thinkOE thinkOE bethinka1200 umthinka1300 to have mind ofc1300 casta1340 studya1375 delivera1382 to chew the cudc1384 to take advisementa1393 stema1400 compassc1400 advisec1405 deliberc1405 to make it wisec1405 to take deliberationc1405 enter?a1413 riddlec1426 hovec1440 devise?c1450 to study by (also in) oneself?c1450 considerc1460 porec1500 regard1523 deliberate1543 to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546 contemplate1560 consult1565 perpend1568 vise1568 to consider of1569 weigh1573 ruminate1574 dascanc1579 to lay to (one's) heart1588 pondera1593 debate1594 reflect1596 comment1597 perponder1599 revolvea1600 rumine1605 consider on, upon1606 to think twice1623 reflex1631 spell1645 ponderatea1652 to turn about1725 to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736 to wake over1771 incubatea1847 mull1857 fink1888 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)] > proceed with caution to make it wisec1405 to feel (out) one's waya1450 to beat the bush1526 to beat about the bush1572 callc1650 to call canny1814 go-easy1860 to plough around1888 pussyfoot1902 to play it by ear1922 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 785 Vs thoughte it was nat worth to make it wys And graunted hym with outen moore avys. b. to make wise (see make v.1 55): to behave as if one were ‘wise’ about a matter; to pretend, ‘make as if…’ Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [phrase] makec1275 to make wise1447 make as though?c1450 to let fare1483 to make a show ofa1500 to set a face1560 to take on (also upon) one(self)?1560 to make (a) miena1657 to make believe1773 to put it on1888 to play (the) fox1894 1447 J. Shillingford Lett. (Camden) 14 Hengston seide but litell therto, but made wyse as thogh hit were yes. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. Y.iiiiv The two..went to bed darkelong, laughinge and makinge wise to beleaue that he went about to mocke them. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 216 He makes wise, as if he had not bene a man learned in some of the mathematickes. 1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea in Wks. (1620) I. 511 Hee..made wise, as if he could haue tolde great tydings. 1834 A. E. Bray Warleigh I. x. 216 Whether she really felt desirous to take this opportunity of gaining repose, or whether, to use a Devonshire phrase, she only ‘made wise’ to do so. 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun] wise manc888 wisec897 witec900 snoterc950 divinera1387 sage1399 mage?a1425 wisdom1432 wizardc1440 sapientc1550 Solomon1554 oracle1579 sophy1587 Solon1631 sapientipotent1656 magus1700 wiseacre1753 sageshipa1832 Yoda1984 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxiii. 220 Se dysega..all his ingeðonc he geypt, ac se wisa hit ieldcað. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 176 Wel fyht þat wel flyhþ, seyþ þe wise. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 79 Þis forknowyng wyse. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 268 Upon the fol, upon the wise Siknesse and hele entrecomune. 1401 26 Pol. Poems iii. 12 Do euene lawe to fooll and wyse. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 484 Þe wise sayd vnto hym: ‘þis way is bothe fayr & gude’. b. plural. Wise men or persons: now always with the; †formerly also with demonstrative, possessive, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun] > group of wisec1000 wisdom1362 sophi1598 serious-minded1694 the three wise men1867 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 25 Þu þe behyddyst þas þing fram wisun & gleawun. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8393 He bi-heold..wulc of wiisen ærest spæken wolden. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 973 Dindimus þe dere king, the docktour of wise. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 1 Som matiere, Essampled of these olde wyse. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 26 The wiseste of Caldee Ne cowthen wite what it mente. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20794 Disput, he sais, es na mister, Bituix te wis in swilk a wer. c1400 26 Pol. Poems i. 167 Fle fro fooles, and folwe wise. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxix. C I wil destroye the wisdome of their wise. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. ii. i. 21 The bold are but the Instruments o' th' wise. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 562 The learn'd and wise Sarcastic would exclaim. 1851 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (ed. 7) 119 O silent faces of the Great and Wise. c. a word to the wise (is enough): = verbum sap phr. Also †few words to the wise suffice, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > phrases indicating conciseness [phrase] > verbum sap few words to the wise suffice?a1513 verbum sapienti1588 verbum sat1625 a word to the wise (is enough)1639 verbum sap1818 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 143 Few wordis may suffice to the wyis. 1562 J. Mountgomery in Archaeologia (1883) 47 241 Feawe woordes to the wise doeth suffice. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 51 Few words to the wise suffice. Verbum sapienti sat est. A word to the wise. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xix. 127 Nay, if she can withstand him—But a word to the wise, Mr. Reeves! Hem! d. The comparative wiser as noun (with plural wisers): One who is wiser; usually with possessive, (one's) superior in wisdom. Now rare.Cf. better n.1 2, elder adj. 2, greater n. a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun] > superior wisera1300 a1300 Cursor Mundi 26180 Ga til a wijser to sceu þi wond. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Hypermnestra. 2634 And werke aftyr thyn wisere euere mo. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys v. 292 And of þi wysers lern bettyr gouernaunce. c1508 Want of Wyse Men (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems R. Henryson (1908) III. 170 For warldly wyn sik walkis, quhen wysar wynkis. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 36 Since it is well known these Dalilahs seduce my wisers and my betters. 1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 114 All writers who feel an itching..to be carping at their wisers and betters. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present iii. xiii. 285 If thou really art my Senior, Seigneur, my Elder,..if thou art in very deed my Wiser. 7. Used as adv. = wisely adj. In later use only in comparative. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adverb] wiselyc888 redlyeOE spacklya1375 wittilya1375 prudentlya1382 redilyc1391 sagelya1400 sapiently1477 wise1487 wittingly1487 savourly1494 sageouslyc1500 ingeniously1548 judiciously1593 in his (or its, etc.) wisdom1852 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 52 Thou vroucht has vis, That thou discouerit first till me. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iv. 53 Thou speak'st wiser then thou art ware of. View more context for this quotation 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. 153 I cannot act wiser than to take the little Welsh girl off the hands of her dragon. Compounds C1. adverbial with adjective or participle. wise-bold adv. ΚΠ 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. C6 With a wise-bold heed. wise-framed adv. ΚΠ 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O3 Wise framed questions would facilitate This precious birth. wise-hardy adv. (opposed to foolhardy adj. and n.). ΚΠ ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 59 Valiaunt, & wizehardy. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 583/2 Of courage inuincible,..wise-hardie alwaies. wise-judging adv. ΚΠ 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 66 Why men so disesteem this wise-judging Law of God. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 167 Many wise-judging men. wise-reflecting adv. ΚΠ 1848 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad vi. 110 By no means could she persuade just-minded, wise-reflecting Bellerophon. wise-said adv. ΚΠ 1597 Pilgrimage Parnassus i. 113 Youre wise-said says Keepe mee from devious..wayes! wise-valiant adv. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella lxxv He could young wise, wise valliant frame His Syres revenge. C2. attributive with noun. wise-ass n. and adj. (cf. smart-ass adj. and n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [noun] clever-boots1847 smarty1847 smart alec1864 clever-clogs1866 clever-sides1886 clever Dick1895 wise guy1896 wisenheimer1904 smarty-pants1935 quiz kid1940 smart apple1940 smarty-boots1950 smart-ass1958 slick1959 clever-sticks1964 smart-arse1965 wise-ass1971 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [adjective] smarty1850 smart alec1877 clever-clever1896 wise guy1920 slick1921 smarty-pants1932 wisenheimer1937 smart-ass1951 smart-assed1957 smart-arsed1962 smarty-boots1962 smart-arse1965 wise-assed1967 wise-ass1971 1971 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 5 iv. 21 Wise ass, n., a wise guy. 1972 J. Poyer Chinese Agenda iii. 17 Listen to what I have to say, then you can make all the wise-ass remarks you want. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp iv. 66 Benny Potter from New York—a born wise-ass. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp iv. 67 It was unfortunate that wise-ass Benny Potter was the first to tell Garp the news. wisebones n. (humorous appellation for a wiseacre). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [noun] owl1568 tire-brain1589 wiseacre1595 Solonist1607 formalist1612 nodder1625 Solon1631 wiseling1633 self-wiseling1649 sophy1649 Solomon1656 conjurer1668 wisdomship1692 sage1751 wisehead1756 wisebones1894 1894 L. Alma-Tadema Wings of Icarus v. 26 There you go, old wisebones! Here's a storm in a tea-cup! wise-heart adj. (= wise-hearted). ΚΠ 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. viii. 136 The cunning of wise-heart Hephæstus' snare. C3. Parasynthetic. wise-assed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > would-be clever person > [adjective] smarty1850 smart alec1877 clever-clever1896 wise guy1920 slick1921 smarty-pants1932 wisenheimer1937 smart-ass1951 smart-assed1957 smart-arsed1962 smarty-boots1962 smart-arse1965 wise-assed1967 wise-ass1971 1967 P. Tamony Americanisms (typescript) No. 18. 2 A fantastic display of brash male and female wise-assed mediocrity. 1976 ‘Trevanian’ Main xii. 260 Some wiseassed note about the bad luck of getting a parking ticket the same night you get killed. wise-hearted adj. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxxv. 26 Soch wemen as were wyse herted. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason ii. 44 Men there are Wise-hearted. wise-lipped adj. ΚΠ 1818 H. H. Milman Samor i. 384 Wise-lipp'd chief. wise-worded adj. (Middle English wis iworded). ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 54 Sum is swa wel ileared oðer swa wis iworded [etc.]. Draft additions 1997 wise use n. originally and chiefly U.S. environmental policy which favours stricter controls on existing methods of exploiting natural resources, as opposed to policies which seek either to find alternative resources or to prevent such exploitation altogether; chiefly attributive, esp. designating (members of) a movement advocating such a policy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > environmental policy of conservation1875 wise use1989 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving from decay, loss, or destruction > environmental policy of green1973 wise use1989 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving from decay, loss, or destruction > environmental policy of > designating members of movement wise use1989 1989 R. Annold in A. Gottlieb Wise Use Agenda p. xviii The Wise Use Movement argues that such dour anti-people attitudes have no place in an ethical view of mankind. 1989 USA Today 3 May 10 a/1 For 25 years, environmentalists have driven one ranch after another into non-use classifications such as ‘wilderness’. But they've radicalized so many people the Wise Use Movement has arisen to defend commodity production on our federal lands. 1991 U.S. News & World Rep. Nov. 5/3 Now, the exploiters and developers have introduced the euphemism ‘wise use’ for wilderness destruction. 1992 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 10 May a8/1 The timber industry says plenty of old-growth forest still exists, and that the industry has adopted a ‘wise use’ policy that will maintain the integrity of the region's forests. Draft additions March 2008 wise guy n. U.S. slang (frequently in form wiseguy) a gangster; a person involved in organized crime. Π 1956 Lima (Ohio) News 29 June 2/5 ‘Wise guy’ slayer draws prison term... Described by the state's attorney as a ‘little gangster and a typical wise guy’. 1962 L. Frankenberg in S. V. Baum E. E. Cummings & Critics viii. 144 He talks frequently out of the corner of his mouth, in his own brand of the vernacular based, in attitude and idiom, on the American wiseguy. 1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy 19 At the age of twelve my ambition was to be a gangster. To be a wiseguy... To be a wiseguy was to own the world. 2005 N.Y. Mag. 17 Jan. 31/3 Mikey Scars's grandfather had been a ‘blackhand’shtarker (enforcer) a hundred years ago in New York, and his father had been a wiseguy, too. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wisev.1 Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. transitive. To show the way to (a person); to guide, direct; †hence, to direct or manage the affairs of, govern, rule (obsolete); also in modern dialect, to induce, entice away, from…; to instruct, inform. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > guide wieldeOE steera1000 wisc1000 wiseOE turnc1175 kenc1200 conduec1330 dressc1330 govern1340 addressc1350 guidea1400 conducec1475 conduct1481 rectifya1500 besteer1603 helm1607 engineer1831 beacon1835 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] teec888 tightc1000 drawc1175 tollc1220 till?c1225 ticec1275 bringc1300 entice1303 win1303 wina1340 tempt1340 misdrawa1382 wooa1387 lure1393 trainc1425 allurea1450 attract?a1475 lock1481 enlure1486 attice1490 allect1518 illect?1529 wind1538 disarm1553 call1564 troll1565 embait1567 alliciate1568 slock1594 enamour1600 court1602 inescate1602 fool1620 illure1638 magnetize1658 trepana1661 solicit1665 whistle1665 drill1669 inveigh1670 siren1690 allicit1724 wisea1810 come-hither1954 OE Beowulf 320 Stræt wæs stanfah, stig wisode gumum ætgædere. c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxxv. 5 Iacob ferde þa mid ealre his hiwrædene, swa him god wisode. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 973 Þu..seist þu uisest [v.r. wisest] mankunne Þat hi biwepen hore sunne. c1250 Prayer to Our Lady 2 in Old Eng. Misc. 192 Þu wisie me nuþe for ich eom eirede. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 602 Wise me & wite me..whuder ich mæi liðan. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10755 Sire steuene of segraue was imad þo hei iustise In sire hubertes stude de boru þut lond wel to wise. c1320 Cast. Love 297 Wiþ-oute whom he ne mai His kindom wiþ pees wysen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 17931 Quen i þe gan wis To þe ȝatis of paradis. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 2988 Alexander..trottis him to þe trod-gate, as him þe torche wyssis [Dubl. vysys]. c1400 Song Roland 303 ‘Now wise vs crist!’ quod Roulond. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ix. 88 Mahowne, he wyse the on thi way. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 130 Alwayes wysing and making your Hawke to leane in vpon you. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. 153 To be wizde what cause her thither drew. 1604 H. Broughton Aduert. Corrupt. Handling Relig. sig. E3v Tremelius might haue wised M. Liuely. 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. D2 She [sc. the Moon] wizeth Surgeons when to ope a veine. 1610 H. Broughton Iob xxxv. 71 Who doth teach vs more than the beasts of the earth: and wiseth vs above the foules of the heaven. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra viii. 16 Being themselves wise, and willing to wise others. a1810 R. Tannahill Dear Highland Laddie (song) ii The Laird's wys'd awa' by braw Highland laddie, O. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xxxviii. 310 She..took me by the hand, and wised me to go back. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Wise, to shew or direct. ‘Wise him in.’ ‘Wise him out.’ 2. a. To direct the course or movement of; to move in some direction or into some position; to convey, conduct; to turn (in various connections: see quots.); also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > cause to move in a direction [verb (transitive)] steerc888 righteOE wisec1330 guy1362 makea1425 guide?a1505 to make forth1508 direct1526 to make out1560 bend1582 incline1597 work1667 usher1668 head1826 humour1847 vector1966 target1974 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > steer wisec1330 guy1362 guide?a1505 steer1756 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13698 His hors on hym [sc. Bokkus] his bridel wysed. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21272 And wain-men wit four quelis wises. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 78 The forgh is best, ille humour out to wise. 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. C3 Planets..Knowne to each Figure-flinger..That wize from thence many an vncouth-tale. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vii. 162 Now, weize yoursel a wee easel-ward—a wee mair yet to that ither stane. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) Wise off that rope there. a1827 in W. Scott Jrnl. 2 Aug. (1941) 84 Stuff with moss, and clagg with clay, And that will weize the water away. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. x. 83 Mr. Bell quietly wised the conversation upon juvenile indiscretions. 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 113 Wise on the Hydrogen, Nichol! 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 58 Every miller wad weise the water to his ain mill. 1867 J. K. Hunter Retrospect Artist's Life (1912) xiv. 135 The little fish rushed to the shore before him, as he quietly wysed them shoreward. b. To direct, aim, ‘send’, shoot (a missile) (Scottish); †figurative to utter. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] speakc825 queatheOE forthdoc900 i-seggenc900 sayeOE speak971 meleOE quidOE spella1000 forthbringc1000 givec1175 warpa1225 mootc1225 i-schirea1250 upbringa1250 outsay?c1250 spilec1275 talec1275 wisea1300 crackc1315 nevena1325 cast1330 rehearsec1330 roundc1330 spend1362 carpa1375 sermona1382 to speak outc1384 usea1387 minc1390 pronouncea1393 lancec1400 mellc1400 nurnc1400 slingc1400 tellc1400 wordc1400 yelpc1400 worka1425 utterc1444 outspeakc1449 yielda1450 arecchec1460 roose?a1475 cutc1525 to come forth with1532 bubble1536 prolate1542 report1548 prolocute1570 bespeak1579 wield1581 upbraid1587 up with (also mid) ——1594 name1595 upbrayc1600 discoursea1616 tonguea1616 to bring out1665 voice1665 emit1753 lip1789 to out with1802 pitch1811 go1836 to open one's head1843 vocabulize1861 shoot1915 verbal1920 be1982 the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > aim at > aim (a blow, weapon, etc.) reachOE seta1300 shapec1400 ettlec1450 charge1509 bend1530 level1530 aimc1565 butt1594 levy1618 to give level to1669 wise1721 intenda1734 train1795 sight1901 to zero in1944 the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > project through space to let flyOE shootc1290 bolta1420 dischargec1500 speeda1569 outshoota1586 emit1711 wing1718 wise1721 arrow1796 wing1970 bomb- a1300 Cursor Mundi 24103 Quen i wend word to wise. 1721 A. Ramsay Ode to Ph—— ii Fowk wysing a Jee The Byass Bouls on Tamson's Green. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xi. 132 Mony o' them wadna mind a bawbee the weising a ball through the Prince himsell. View more context for this quotation c. intransitive for reflexive. To direct one's course, make one's way, betake oneself, go. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] nimeOE becomec885 teec888 goeOE i-goc900 lithec900 wendeOE i-farec950 yongc950 to wend one's streetOE fare971 i-wende971 shakeOE winda1000 meteOE wendOE strikec1175 seekc1200 wevec1200 drawa1225 stira1225 glidea1275 kenc1275 movec1275 teemc1275 tightc1275 till1297 chevec1300 strake13.. travelc1300 choosec1320 to choose one's gatea1325 journeyc1330 reachc1330 repairc1330 wisec1330 cairc1340 covera1375 dressa1375 passa1375 tenda1375 puta1382 proceedc1392 doa1400 fanda1400 haunta1400 snya1400 take?a1400 thrilla1400 trace?a1400 trinea1400 fangc1400 to make (also have) resortc1425 to make one's repair (to)c1425 resort1429 ayrec1440 havea1450 speer?c1450 rokec1475 wina1500 hent1508 persevere?1521 pursuec1540 rechec1540 yede1563 bing1567 march1568 to go one's ways1581 groyl1582 yode1587 sally1590 track1590 way1596 frame1609 trickle1629 recur1654 wag1684 fadge1694 haul1802 hike1809 to get around1849 riddle1856 bat1867 biff1923 truck1925 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10956 Vnto þer contres he bad þem wyse. 1721 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 69 But see the Sheep are wysing to the Cleugh. 3. transitive. To show, point out (the way). †Also, to cause to be seen, show, reveal (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] wisec1400 to beat out1672 signpost1895 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be or make visible [verb (transitive)] > make visible wisec1400 show1532 reveal1590 unbosom1610 unveil1656 visualize1912 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1135 A wounde ful wyde..con wyse An-ende hys hert þurȝ hyde to-rente. c1400 Rule St. Benet (verse) 138 Wysand vs þe way to heuen. c1450 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 226 The printe of a palsy wisith the thy way. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 216 I'll hae somebody waiting to weise ye the gate to the place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wisev.2 1. to wise up (U.S. slang): to ‘get wise’; to ‘put wise’. Frequently const. on or to. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (intransitive)] > reach understanding of reach1582 tumble1846 to catch on1882 waken1899 to wise up1905 to tune in1926 to cotton on1929 plug1948 latch1954 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge of [verb (intransitive)] canOE to know of ——c1350 savoura1382 understanda1400 kenc1400 weeta1547 to keep up to1712 to know about ——1761 to be (or get) wise to1896 to wise up1905 to have heard of1907 to be (or get) jerry (on, on to, to)1908 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)] > make or keep informed familiarize1593 to keep up to1889 to put (one) wise (to)1896 to wise up1905 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 1905 R. E. Beach Pardners iv. 113 I cast the bad eye on the boys to wise 'em up. 1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast iii. 70 You've got to wise up about Gresson with the whole forces of the British State arrayed officially against you. 1922 P. G. Wodehouse Girl on Boat i. 25 You won't wise him up that I threw a spanner into the machinery? 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby vii. 124 I just got wised up to something funny the last few days. 1929 Princeton Alumni Weekly 24 May 982/2 To stick out one's neck is to commit an unpardonable error, to lay oneself open to criticism... A persistent offender should wise up on himself. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions i. iv. 158 Yeah, you got to wise up to yourself, see? 1960 C. MacInnes Mr. Love & Justice 26 That's..what I'm wising myself up on. 1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 10 Mar. 1/4 Antique dealers are wising up to the growing demand for old radios. 1984 Listener 7 June 36/3 ‘Write a poem about it,’ he suggests. ‘Wise up, sir,’ the new generation tells him. 2. to wise off (U.S. slang): to make wisecracks at someone. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > ridicule caustically or ironically [verb (transitive)] touch1526 jerk1565 quip1572 quirk1596 satire1602 satirize1619 sarcasmatize1716 iron1793 to wise off1943 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > sarcasm > be sarcastic [verb (intransitive)] quip1542 slent1567 quib1580 to crack wisea1774 to wise off1943 wisecrack1946 1943 Yank 2 July 10 I'd love to have one of those acting noncoms wise off at me. 1981 P. Mallory Killing Matter xiii. 136 He's a real meanie. I wouldn't be wising off at him if I were you. Derivatives wised-up adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > [adjective] > knowledgeable, well-informed knowinga1398 well-knowingc1425 scientc1475 advertised1481 well-informeda1500 scientive1575 callent1656 fly1811 knowledgeable1825 factful1853 dungeonable1855 knowful1855 woke up1871 in the know1883 to be jerry1908 hipped1920 wised-up1926 clueful1943 genned-up1945 clued (up)1948 1926 J. Black You can't Win xx. 301 I could make a living without taking tough chances against wised-up city police. 1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) x. 205 His wised-up air was as irritating..as Donna's exaggerations. 1973 R. Parkes Guardians ix. 172 It's nasty. Very nasty. But at least I'm wised up now. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see alsoalso refers to : -wisecomb. form < n.1c888n.2OEadj.n.3adv.c897v.1OEv.21905 see also |
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