wittingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈwɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdɪŋ/

Forms: α. Middle English witand, wyttande, Middle English wetand; Sc. Middle English wyttyn, Middle English–1500s (1800s northern dialect) wittin, 1500s, 1800s witten (1800s wittance, ? = wittens). β. Ayenb. wytende, wytinde. γ. witting, etc.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wit v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Of mixed origin; in the forms witand , wyttande , wetand , < Old Norse vitand consciousness, knowledge ( < vita wit v.¹) in phrase at minni , várri , etc. vitand to my, our, etc. knowledge; this type is apparently in part continued in the Scots and northern dialect wyttyn , etc.; in Ayenbite (see quots. 1340¹ at sense 1β. , 1340² at sense 1β. ) in present participial form wytende, -inde; otherwise < wit v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

1. The fact of knowing or being aware of something; knowledge, cognizance.Most commonly with preposition and possessive (or of), as at, by, of, to one's witting (partly after Old French a son escient), to or with one's knowledge, as one knows; as far as one knows; knowingly, wittingly; without one's witting, without one's knowledge, so that one does not know; also but witting, without its being known; with witting, wittingly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [noun]

i-witnessc888

knowledging?c1225

wittinga1300

beknowing1340

sciencec1350

bekenningc1380

knowinga1398

knowledgea1398

meaninga1398

cunningshipa1400

feela1400

understanda1400

cognizancec1400

kenningc1400

witc1400

recognizancec1436

cognition1447

recognitionc1450

cognoscencec1540

conscience1570

comprehension1597

comprehense1604

cognizant1634

sciency1642

scibility1677

α.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 29262 [He] mai noght þis cursing scape, Þat comuns wit him þat þe pape Cursd has at his witand.

a1400 Pistill of Susan 250 I wraþþed þe neuere, at my witand.

c1440 York Myst. xlv. 72 A! bredir, be my wetand and i-wisse so wer we.

1466 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1471 214/2 To gif us lele and trew counsale eftir thare wittin.

1474 Acta Audit. (1839) 32/1 Be wittin of vmquhile William of Striuelin.

c1480 (a1400) St. Blaise 114 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 364 Þane rase þe chyld & a-va cane ga as he had wittine of na way.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Without my wittins, without my knowledge.

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 124 Bout my wittin, without my knowledge.

1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch vii. 57 Neither word nor wittens of a family, to perpetuate our name to future generations.

β. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 8 Huo þet onworþeþ his uader and his moder be his wytinde..zeneȝeth dyadliche.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 37 Wyþ~oute hare wytende and wyþ-oute hare wylle.γ. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 216 Withouten his conseile, or þe kynges wittyng.c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 236 Ye be the womman in þis world lyuynge With-oute paramours to my wytynge That I best loue.c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 991 That god shuld han no parfit cler witynge More þan we men, þat han doutous wenynge.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 23510 For-giuen er þai [sc. man's sins] and neuer þe less..vte of his [sc. God's] witting [Vesp. witernes, Fairf. 14 witring] be þai neuer.c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 753 With outen wityng of any oother wight.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. iv. 676 Þe Grekys..þe bodeis cast In til a cistern dep, qwhar þai Lay hid but wyttynge.1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 267 Iustice moevith to preferre right..& wronge nevir yive with wetyng.a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 397 That heo avow no maner þynge But hyt be at hys wytynge.c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 66 Þei..þat are chargid to sey þe soþe to þer witing.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 18 The Iuges examyned the gode hermyte yef it were so, and he seide, ‘Ye’, as by his wetynge.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 12 Gode lete me haue delyueraunce yef euer man, my witynge, hadde to do with me.1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vii. sig. h.v ^v Who so trespasseth vnto his wyttynge ony of the .x. commaundementes, is in deedly synne.1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclviii^v [God's] wetyng & his before wetyng, is al one.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Q.iii^v He went fro Rome to Salon..without the witting of any person.1560 Acts Privy Council Ireland (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 99 Without thassentes or witting of the saide freholders.1574 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. II. 400 [If they be] sufferit to remane thairintill..be our witting.1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 464/1 The cuntrie wherin the saidis guidis salbe ressett or remane for the space of tuelff houris of his witting.1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow ii. 46 As..we have action implied in the Verb: so have wee witting, and willing,..implied in the Adverb.1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) Witting, knowledge, judgment, wit.

2. Knowledge obtained or (esp.) communicated; information, intelligence, tidings, news; notice, warning. (Cf. wit v.¹ 3.) Chiefly in to get or have witting.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > [noun]

kithc900

avaymentc1315

learningc1386

information1390

knowledgea1398

witteringa1400

witting1417

advicec1425

hearinga1450

understanding1473

intelligence?a1475

intellectionc1475

wit1487

instructiona1535

myance1552

fact1566

aviso1589

facts and figures1727

tell1823

message1828

renseignement1841

khubber1878

dope1901

lowdown1905

info1907

poop1911

oil1915

score1938

gen1940

intel1961

scam1964

1417 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) IX. 427 Kepe this Matere..secre..that never Creature have Wittyng thereof.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 540 Quhen men schupe hym to betrais, He gat vitting tharof alwayis.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 359 We sall cum thair sa preuely, That thai sall haff na persavyng, Na ȝeit witting of our cummyng.

1497 Merton Coll. Rec. No. 1031 The same John Wreyght shall gyve wetyng and warnyng vnto the fermour then beyng.

?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bi And I knowe ony erthly thynge That is agayne you ye shall haue wetynge.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 45 He merveyled..how merlin myght haue witinge ther-of.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 14 When thow shalte be brought oute ageyn to Iugement lete me haue wetynge.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clx. f. lxxxviii The sonnis sent wittynge to the Pope..requyrynge hym of ayde & counceyll.

a1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. 1066 To giue him witting thereof.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 176 What will come o' ye gin the baillies sud come to get witting?

1905 W. R. Mackintosh Around Orkney Peat-fires (ed. 2) ii. 34 His scouts..gave him ‘wittance’ of the..scheme.

3. Used for the infinitive in phr. ‘to wit’.

ΚΠ

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

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.

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wittingn.²

bequest: see wit v.²

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > a bequest or legacy

quideOE

questc1300

queath worda1425

legate1438

witting1483

bequest1496

legation1503

legacy1514

bequeathmenta1627

questword1792

bequeathing1855

1483 Cath. Angl. 421/1 Wyttinge, legacio.

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wittingadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdɪŋ/

Forms: see wit v.¹ Forms 6.

Etymology: < wit v.¹ + -ing suffix².

a. Chiefly in collocation with wilfully or willing (see willing adv.), adverb = wittingly adv. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [adverb]

wittinglya1340

witting1377

knowingly1435

wottingly1530

cognoscitively1647

self-consciously1685

cognitively1880

the mind > will > intention > [adverb]

willesOE

with one's willc1175

willes and waldesc1225

adviselya1325

wittinglya1340

wilfullyc1374

witting1377

a-purposea1382

of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382

wilfulc1381

willingly1402

of intention1430

knowingly1435

advisedlyc1449

deliberately1471

purpensely1472

purposely1495

prepensedly1496

purpensedly1496

purposedlya1540

proposely?1550

studiously1567

on (also upon) purpose1569

on set purpose1569

of industry1575

affectedly1582

premeditatelya1595

deliberatively1598

consultively1599

intentionallya1673

affectionally1603

by (also out of, on, upon) design1603

intentionately1609

industriouslya1616

perpensedly1624

intendedlya1641

unspontaneously1640

industrously1643

consultedly1645

consideringly1647

designedly1652

premeditatedly1653

wittily1653

intendingly1678

premeditatinglya1679

self-consciously1685

propensely1694

thinkingly1705

accidentally on purpose1711

affectionatelya1716

prepensely?1725

systematically1744

advertently1745

systemically1761

reflectively1775

purposefullya1854

meaningly1867

aimfully1870

purposively1878

designingly1879

proposedly1887

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 368 Lyeres..þat were forsworen ofte, Wytynge [v.r. wytyngli] and willefully with þe false helden.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 138 Þylke þat don aȝeyne þe constytucyons of holy chyrche wytyng, he ys acurset tyll he come to amendement.

1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John (1538) ii. F viij b He..whyche wyttynge and wyllynge shutteth hys eyes at the true lyght.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 45 No man wyttyng & wyllyng wyl hurt hymselfe.

1582 T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue lx How he witting and wilfully followeth his owne hurt.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. xl. 245 We..have practised nothing, witting and willing,..prejudiciall to the Communaltie.

b. Chiefly predicatively: Aware, cognizant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [adjective] > that perceives, aware

wareOE

awarea1250

apperceivanta1500

witting?a1513

knowing1586

right-eyed1600

conscious1617

animadversive1642

percipient1692

recognizant1817

cognizant1839

cognizing1862

perceptful1867

a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 272 In all tyme witting and vnwiting me.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Two Pastorels ii. 29 Seely shepheards are not witting What in art of Loue is fitting.

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) v. 19 Using men both witting and unwitting.

1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 221 Hither..I..came, To make you witting of the same.

1906 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 885 Scarcely witting, he ran forward.

c. Conscious as an agent; that is consciously what the noun denotes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > [adjective] > conscious of

witting1678

1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius A witwal or wittal, a witting cuckold.

1872 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Leviticus iv. 2 Witting and wilful transgressors.

1912 Oxf. & Cambr. Rev. Nov. 48 [Synge] was a witting artist of marvellous skill.

d. transferred of the action: Done consciously (and so with responsibility), ‘conscious’, deliberate: often in collocation with willing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention

bethoughtc1200

expressa1400

wilfula1400

purposedc1422

purpensed1436

malice prepensed1454

aforethought1472

studiedc1475

setc1485

voluntary1495

deliberate?1527

willing1550

witting1553

propensed1560

fore-intendeda1586

affected1586

designed1586

determinate1586

intended1592

deliberated1594

uncasual1614

recollecteda1616

resolved1624

industriousa1628

intentionate1631

pre-intended1636

advised1642

malice prepense1647

sedentary1647

propense1650

consultive1651

(crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692

conscious1726

intentionala1729

systematic1746

studious1750

systematical1750

prepensive1752

advertent1832

self-conscious1832

volitive1839

designful1852

purposeful1853

purposive1864

thought-controlled1926

1553 J. Bradford Serm. Repentaunce sig. Hiij This willing and witting offending, and sinning.

1581 M. Hanmer Iesuites Banner 4 b Wee are all by nature the children of wrath, yet will you not confesse, that the corruption of nature is voluntary and witting.

1613 E. Hoby Counter-snarle 55 These his witting falsifications.

1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 316 So..fore-knowledge of God, is his witting and willing act or decree.

1879 H. Maudsley Pathol. of Mind vi. 288 The notion of witting and wilful vice.

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> as lemmas

witting

† witting n. Obsolete bequest.

extracted from † witv.²

n.¹a1300

n.²1483

adj.1377

as lemmas

单词	witting
释义	wittingn.¹ Brit. /ˈwɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪdɪŋ/ Forms: α. Middle English witand, wyttande, Middle English wetand; Sc. Middle English wyttyn, Middle English–1500s (1800s northern dialect) wittin, 1500s, 1800s witten (1800s wittance, ? = wittens). β. Ayenb. wytende, wytinde. γ. witting, etc. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wit v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Of mixed origin; in the forms witand , wyttande , wetand , < Old Norse vitand consciousness, knowledge ( < vita wit v.¹) in phrase at minni , várri , etc. vitand to my, our, etc. knowledge; this type is apparently in part continued in the Scots and northern dialect wyttyn , etc.; in Ayenbite (see quots. 1340¹ at sense 1β. , 1340² at sense 1β. ) in present participial form wytende, -inde; otherwise < wit v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. The fact of knowing or being aware of something; knowledge, cognizance.Most commonly with preposition and possessive (or of), as at, by, of, to one's witting (partly after Old French a son escient), to or with one's knowledge, as one knows; as far as one knows; knowingly, wittingly; without one's witting, without one's knowledge, so that one does not know; also but witting, without its being known; with witting, wittingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [noun] i-witnessc888 knowledging?c1225 wittinga1300 beknowing1340 sciencec1350 bekenningc1380 knowinga1398 knowledgea1398 meaninga1398 cunningshipa1400 feela1400 understanda1400 cognizancec1400 kenningc1400 witc1400 recognizancec1436 cognition1447 recognitionc1450 cognoscencec1540 conscience1570 comprehension1597 comprehense1604 cognizant1634 sciency1642 scibility1677 α. a1300 Cursor Mundi 29262 [He] mai noght þis cursing scape, Þat comuns wit him þat þe pape Cursd has at his witand. a1400 Pistill of Susan 250 I wraþþed þe neuere, at my witand. c1440 York Myst. xlv. 72 A! bredir, be my wetand and i-wisse so wer we. 1466 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1471 214/2 To gif us lele and trew counsale eftir thare wittin. 1474 Acta Audit. (1839) 32/1 Be wittin of vmquhile William of Striuelin. c1480 (a1400) St. Blaise 114 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 364 Þane rase þe chyld & a-va cane ga as he had wittine of na way. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) Without my wittins, without my knowledge. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 124 Bout my wittin, without my knowledge. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch vii. 57 Neither word nor wittens of a family, to perpetuate our name to future generations. β. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 8 Huo þet onworþeþ his uader and his moder be his wytinde..zeneȝeth dyadliche.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 37 Wyþ~oute hare wytende and wyþ-oute hare wylle.γ. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 216 Withouten his conseile, or þe kynges wittyng.c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 236 Ye be the womman in þis world lyuynge With-oute paramours to my wytynge That I best loue.c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 991 That god shuld han no parfit cler witynge More þan we men, þat han doutous wenynge.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 23510 For-giuen er þai [sc. man's sins] and neuer þe less..vte of his [sc. God's] witting [Vesp. witernes, Fairf. 14 witring] be þai neuer.c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 753 With outen wityng of any oother wight.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. iv. 676 Þe Grekys..þe bodeis cast In til a cistern dep, qwhar þai Lay hid but wyttynge.1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 267 Iustice moevith to preferre right..& wronge nevir yive with wetyng.a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 397 That heo avow no maner þynge But hyt be at hys wytynge.c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 66 Þei..þat are chargid to sey þe soþe to þer witing.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 18 The Iuges examyned the gode hermyte yef it were so, and he seide, ‘Ye’, as by his wetynge.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 12 Gode lete me haue delyueraunce yef euer man, my witynge, hadde to do with me.1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vii. sig. h.v ^v Who so trespasseth vnto his wyttynge ony of the .x. commaundementes, is in deedly synne.1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclviii^v [God's] wetyng & his before wetyng, is al one.a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Q.iii^v He went fro Rome to Salon..without the witting of any person.1560 Acts Privy Council Ireland (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 99 Without thassentes or witting of the saide freholders.1574 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. II. 400 [If they be] sufferit to remane thairintill..be our witting.1587 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 464/1 The cuntrie wherin the saidis guidis salbe ressett or remane for the space of tuelff houris of his witting.1621 G. Hakewill King David's Vow ii. 46 As..we have action implied in the Verb: so have wee witting, and willing,..implied in the Adverb.1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) Witting, knowledge, judgment, wit. 2. Knowledge obtained or (esp.) communicated; information, intelligence, tidings, news; notice, warning. (Cf. wit v.¹ 3.) Chiefly in to get or have witting. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] kithc900 avaymentc1315 learningc1386 information1390 knowledgea1398 witteringa1400 witting1417 advicec1425 hearinga1450 understanding1473 intelligence?a1475 intellectionc1475 wit1487 instructiona1535 myance1552 fact1566 aviso1589 facts and figures1727 tell1823 message1828 renseignement1841 khubber1878 dope1901 lowdown1905 info1907 poop1911 oil1915 score1938 gen1940 intel1961 scam1964 1417 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1709) IX. 427 Kepe this Matere..secre..that never Creature have Wittyng thereof. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 540 Quhen men schupe hym to betrais, He gat vitting tharof alwayis. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 359 We sall cum thair sa preuely, That thai sall haff na persavyng, Na ȝeit witting of our cummyng. 1497 Merton Coll. Rec. No. 1031 The same John Wreyght shall gyve wetyng and warnyng vnto the fermour then beyng. ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bi And I knowe ony erthly thynge That is agayne you ye shall haue wetynge. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 45 He merveyled..how merlin myght haue witinge ther-of. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 14 When thow shalte be brought oute ageyn to Iugement lete me haue wetynge. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clx. f. lxxxviii The sonnis sent wittynge to the Pope..requyrynge hym of ayde & counceyll. a1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. 1066 To giue him witting thereof. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 176 What will come o' ye gin the baillies sud come to get witting? 1905 W. R. Mackintosh Around Orkney Peat-fires (ed. 2) ii. 34 His scouts..gave him ‘wittance’ of the..scheme. 3. Used for the infinitive in phr. ‘to wit’. ΚΠ 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum iii. ii. (Tollem. MS.) Firste it is to wetynge what þinge the soule is. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wittingn.² bequest: see wit v.² ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > a bequest or legacy quideOE questc1300 queath worda1425 legate1438 witting1483 bequest1496 legation1503 legacy1514 bequeathmenta1627 questword1792 bequeathing1855 1483 Cath. Angl. 421/1 Wyttinge, legacio. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2019). wittingadj. Brit. /ˈwɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪdɪŋ/ Forms: see wit v.¹ Forms 6. Etymology: < wit v.¹ + -ing suffix². a. Chiefly in collocation with wilfully or willing (see willing adv.), adverb = wittingly adv. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [adverb] wittinglya1340 witting1377 knowingly1435 wottingly1530 cognoscitively1647 self-consciously1685 cognitively1880 the mind > will > intention > [adverb] willesOE with one's willc1175 willes and waldesc1225 adviselya1325 wittinglya1340 wilfullyc1374 witting1377 a-purposea1382 of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wilfulc1381 willingly1402 of intention1430 knowingly1435 advisedlyc1449 deliberately1471 purpensely1472 purposely1495 prepensedly1496 purpensedly1496 purposedlya1540 proposely?1550 studiously1567 on (also upon) purpose1569 on set purpose1569 of industry1575 affectedly1582 premeditatelya1595 deliberatively1598 consultively1599 intentionallya1673 affectionally1603 by (also out of, on, upon) design1603 intentionately1609 industriouslya1616 perpensedly1624 intendedlya1641 unspontaneously1640 industrously1643 consultedly1645 consideringly1647 designedly1652 premeditatedly1653 wittily1653 intendingly1678 premeditatinglya1679 self-consciously1685 propensely1694 thinkingly1705 accidentally on purpose1711 affectionatelya1716 prepensely?1725 systematically1744 advertently1745 systemically1761 reflectively1775 purposefullya1854 meaningly1867 aimfully1870 purposively1878 designingly1879 proposedly1887 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 368 Lyeres..þat were forsworen ofte, Wytynge [v.r. wytyngli] and willefully with þe false helden. c1450 Mirk's Festial 138 Þylke þat don aȝeyne þe constytucyons of holy chyrche wytyng, he ys acurset tyll he come to amendement. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John (1538) ii. F viij b He..whyche wyttynge and wyllynge shutteth hys eyes at the true lyght. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 45 No man wyttyng & wyllyng wyl hurt hymselfe. 1582 T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue lx How he witting and wilfully followeth his owne hurt. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. xl. 245 We..have practised nothing, witting and willing,..prejudiciall to the Communaltie. b. Chiefly predicatively: Aware, cognizant. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [adjective] > that perceives, aware wareOE awarea1250 apperceivanta1500 witting?a1513 knowing1586 right-eyed1600 conscious1617 animadversive1642 percipient1692 recognizant1817 cognizant1839 cognizing1862 perceptful1867 a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 272 In all tyme witting and vnwiting me. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Two Pastorels ii. 29 Seely shepheards are not witting What in art of Loue is fitting. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) v. 19 Using men both witting and unwitting. 1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 221 Hither..I..came, To make you witting of the same. 1906 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 885 Scarcely witting, he ran forward. c. Conscious as an agent; that is consciously what the noun denotes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > [adjective] > conscious of witting1678 1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius A witwal or wittal, a witting cuckold. 1872 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Leviticus iv. 2 Witting and wilful transgressors. 1912 Oxf. & Cambr. Rev. Nov. 48 [Synge] was a witting artist of marvellous skill. d. transferred of the action: Done consciously (and so with responsibility), ‘conscious’, deliberate: often in collocation with willing. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention bethoughtc1200 expressa1400 wilfula1400 purposedc1422 purpensed1436 malice prepensed1454 aforethought1472 studiedc1475 setc1485 voluntary1495 deliberate?1527 willing1550 witting1553 propensed1560 fore-intendeda1586 affected1586 designed1586 determinate1586 intended1592 deliberated1594 uncasual1614 recollecteda1616 resolved1624 industriousa1628 intentionate1631 pre-intended1636 advised1642 malice prepense1647 sedentary1647 propense1650 consultive1651 (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692 conscious1726 intentionala1729 systematic1746 studious1750 systematical1750 prepensive1752 advertent1832 self-conscious1832 volitive1839 designful1852 purposeful1853 purposive1864 thought-controlled1926 1553 J. Bradford Serm. Repentaunce sig. Hiij This willing and witting offending, and sinning. 1581 M. Hanmer Iesuites Banner 4 b Wee are all by nature the children of wrath, yet will you not confesse, that the corruption of nature is voluntary and witting. 1613 E. Hoby Counter-snarle 55 These his witting falsifications. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 316 So..fore-knowledge of God, is his witting and willing act or decree. 1879 H. Maudsley Pathol. of Mind vi. 288 The notion of witting and wilful vice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas witting † witting n. Obsolete bequest. extracted from † witv.² < n.¹a1300n.²1483adj.1377 as lemmas
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