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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—W

Wit

To wit, viz. that is to say. A translation of the French savoir. Wit is the Anglo-Saxon witan (to know). I divide my property into four parts, to wit, or savoir, or namely, or that is to say.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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