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Dec 4, 2008 · It's "to wit". Comic portrayals of lawyers have led to the common misperception that it's "to whit". It's used almost exclusively in the legal profession and it means "namely" or "that is to say" as in "The complainants, to wit Joyce Smith and Robert Jones, wish to withdraw their complaint." It can be used facetiously as in "My dinner, to wit ...
Feb 4, 2005 · El diccionario American Heritage nos da: That is to say, namely, as in: There are three good reasons for not going, to wit, we don't want to, we don't have to, and we can't get a reservation. This expression comes from the now archaic verb to wit, meaning "know or be aware of," not heard except in this usage. [Late 1500s]
Apr 30, 2011 · 1 (also wits) the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence. 2 a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour. [OED] In the first statement the way wit is used appears more likely to mean the second, although it seems JS meant the first.
Oct 31, 2007 · According to the OED, it was originally the end of one's singular wit, one's wit's end. Wit: The faculty of thinking and reasoning in general; mental capacity, understanding, intellect, reason. The same wit that is used in Surely it is not beyond the wit of man to develop a juice carton that opens without bursting.
Jul 30, 2008 · To wit. Thread starter mvarela; Start date Jul 30, 2008; Tags law M. mvarela New Member. english Jul 30, 2008 #1 How do you say "to wit" in spanish ...
Oct 24, 2013 · “There is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; and in this workhouse was born; on a day and date which I need not trouble myself to repeat, inasmuch as it can be of no possible consequence to the reader, in this stage of the business at all events; the item of mortality whose name is prefixed to the head of ...
Feb 28, 2020 · 'To wit' is a fixed expression meaning 'namely' or 'that is'. It has an interesting (but irrelevant) history: 'wit' is the infinitive of an old verb meaning "know", and that is (ultimately) related to 'wit' meaning one's knowledge (wits' end) and also ability to make jokes (witty).
Oct 22, 2019 · Never use wit in a segue. Listen, understanding a witticism and replying to it makes your subject perform a fast, detached scan that is inimical to mood. It is on the plank of mood that we proceed. You were doing fine, you’d been courteous and receptive to courtesy, you’d established trust by telling the embarrassing truth about Miggs, and ...
Jul 26, 2019 · Wit is used for knowledge, wisdom, perception, reasoning and even the physical senses. OED mentions for one entry "In early use occasionally loosely extended to include other bodily faculties, as speech and locomotion", although in this context "early use" means several centuries before Shakespeare, and I mention it more to show the variety of meanings "wit" has had rather than saying that ...
Nov 26, 2009 · English-England. Nov 26, 2009. #3. "wit woo" aren't real words, so presumably there meant as a sound the whistling sound. Being a sound, the context matters a great deal. -Whether it's an meant to be a sarcastic, impressed, astonished etc. -Whether it's commenting on sexual attractiveness, something impressive, a blunder etc.
