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wite.

To regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/waɪt/
  1. To regard (someone) as guilty; to accuse; to blame; to fault.

  2. To censure (someone); to mulct; to reproach.

  3. To guard (something); to keep; to observe, preserve, or protect.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English wīten (“to accuse, reproach, punish, suspect”), Old English wītan (“to look, behold, see, guard, keep, impute or ascribe to, accuse, reproach, blame”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną. Connected to Old English wīte, see below.

noun/waɪt/
  1. Blame; responsibility; guilt.

  2. Punishment; penalty; fine; bote; mulct.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English wite (“guilt, blameworthiness, blame, wrongdoing, misdeed, offense, punishment, retribution, fine, bote, customary rent”), from Old English wīte (“punishment, pain, torment”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītī, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, find, behold”).

verb/waɪt/
  1. To go; go away; depart; perish; vanish.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English witen, from Old English wītan (“to see, accuse, go, depart”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītan, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, find, behold”).

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