wise

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishwis,wys,fromOld Englishwīs(“wise”),fromProto-Germanic*wīsaz(“wise”),fromProto-Indo-European*weydstos,*weydtos,a participle form of*weyd-.

Cognate withDutchwijs,Germanweise,NorwegianandSwedishvis.Comparewit.

Adjective

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wise(comparativewiserormorewise,superlativewisestormostwise)

  1. Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
    Storingextrafoodfor thewinterwas awisedecision.
    They were considered thewiseold men of theadministration.
  2. (colloquial,ironic,sarcastic)Disrespectful.
    Don't getwisewith me!
  3. (colloquial)Aware, informed (tosomething).
    Be careful: the boss iswiseto your plan to call out sick.
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Derived terms
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Terms derived fromwise(adjective)
Collocations
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  • wiseperson
  • wisedecision
  • wiseadvice
  • wisecounsel
  • wisesaying
  • wisedeed
Translations
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Verb

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wise(third-person singular simple presentwises,present participlewising,simple past and past participlewised)

  1. To become wise.
  2. (ergative,slang)Usually with "up", toinformorlearn.
    Mowisedhim up about his situation.
    After Mo had a word with him, hewisedup.

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishwise,fromOld Englishwīse,fromProto-Germanic*wīsō.Cognate withDutchwijze,GermanWeise,Norwegianvis,Swedishvisa,vis,Italianguisa,Spanishguisa.Compare-wise.Doubletofguise.

Noun

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wise(pluralwises)

  2. (archaic)Way,manner,ormethod.
    • 1481,William Caxton,The History of Reynard the Fox‎[1]:
      In suchwisethat all the beasts, great and small, came to the court save Reynard the Fox.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Matthew1:18:
      Now the birth of Iesus Christ was on thiswise:When as his mother Mary was espoused to Ioseph (before they came together) shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.
    • 1850,Dante Gabriel Rossetti,The Burden of Nineveh,lines2–5:
      […]the prize
      Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, —
      Her Art for ever in freshwise
      From hour to hour rejoicing me.
    • 1866,Algernon Swinburne,A Ballad of Life,lines28–30:
      A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;
      The token of him being upon thiswise
      Made for a sign of Lust.
    • 1926,J. S. Fletcher,Sea Fog,page308:
      And within a few minutes the rest of us were on our way too, judiciously instructed by Parkapple and the Brighton official, and disposed of in two taxi-cabs, the drivers of which were ordered to convey us to Rottingdean in suchwisethat each set his load of humanity at different parts of the village and at the same time that the bus was due to arrive at the hotel.
    • 1927,M[ohandas] K[aramchand] Gandhi,chapter XVIII, inMahadev Desai,transl.,The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Translated from the Original in Gujarati,volume I, Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Navajivan Press,→OCLC:
      Meantime a serious question came up for discussion.[…]The discussion arose somewhat in thiswise.The President of the Society was Mr. Hills, proprietor of the Thames Iron Works. He was a puritan.[…]
    • 1964,Marshall McLuhan,chapter 6, inUnderstanding Media,2nd edition:
      Then, at least, we shall be able to program consciousness in suchwisethat it cannot be numbed nor distracted by the Narcissus illusions of the entertainment world that beset mankind when he encounters himself extended in his own gimmickry.
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Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishwisen(“to advise, direct”),fromOld Englishwisian(“to show the way, guide, direct”),fromProto-West Germanic*wīsijan,fromProto-Germanic*wīsaną,*wīsijaną(“to show the way, dispense knowledge”),fromProto-Indo-European*weyd-(“to know”).

Cognate withDutchwijzen(“to indicate, point out”),Germanweisen(“to show, indicate”),DanishandNorwegian Bokmålvise(“to show”),Norwegian Nynorskvisa(“to show”).

Verb

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wise(third-person singular simple presentwises,present participlewising,simple past and past participlewised)

  1. (dialectal)Toinstruct.
  2. (dialectal)Toadvise;induce.
  3. (dialectal)Toshowthe way,guide.
  4. (dialectal)Todirectthe course of,pilot.
  5. (dialectal)Tocausetoturn.

Anagrams

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Middle Dutch

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Contraction

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wise

  1. Contraction ofwise.

Middle English

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Noun

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wise

  1. Alternative form ofvice

Old English

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-West Germanic*wīsā,fromProto-Germanic*wīsō,*wīsaz.Cognate withDutchwijze,GermanWeise,Swedishvis,Italianguisa,Spanishguisa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈwiː.se/,[ˈwiː.ze]

Noun

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wīsef

  1. way(manner)
    Ne līcaþ mē sēowīseþe hēo mē on lōcaþ.
    I don't like thewayshe looks at me.
    • c. 992,Ælfric,"Midlent Sunday"
      On ōðrewīsanwē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðrewīsanstafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.
      We look at pictures in onewayand letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.
    • c.1021,Wulfstan,Winchester Code of Cnut,article 5.1:
      Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġewīsan,oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.
      Worshipingidols is a kind of paganism, whether one worships heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if one loves witchcraft or commits murder in anyway,either by sacrifice or by divination, or takes any part in similar delusions.
Usage notes
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  • The phrase “in ___ way” is most often used with theaccusative case:Þū myndgast mē on maniġe wīsan mīnes lārēowes( “You remind me in many ways of my teacher” ). In some texts, the word appears as masculine and/or is used in thedative case:on þām wīsanandon þǣre wīsanare both attested.
Declension
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Declension ofwīse(weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wīse wīsan
accusative wīsan wīsan
genitive wīsan wīsena
dative wīsan wīsum
Descendants
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  • Middle English:wise
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Etymology 2

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FromProto-Germanic*wasô.Ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*weys-(“to increase”).Cognate withOld Norsevísir(“sprout, bud”),Lithuanianveisti(“propagate”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈwiː.se/,[ˈwiː.ze]

Noun

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wīsef

  1. asprout,stalk
Declension
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Declension ofwīse(weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wīse wīsan
accusative wīsan wīsan
genitive wīsan wīsena
dative wīsan wīsum
Descendants
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