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  • 71wit */ — UK [wɪt] / US noun Word forms wit : singular wit plural wits 1) [singular/uncountable] the ability to use words in a clever way to make people laugh He is a man of great wit, sensitivity, and passion. a dry/biting/acerbic/caustic wit (= the… …

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  • 72wit — wit1 /wit/, n. 1. the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. 2. speech or writing showing such perception and expression. 3. a person having or noted for such perception… …

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  • 73wit — noun 1) (wits) he needed all his wits to escape Syn: intelligence, shrewdness, astuteness, cleverness, canniness, sense, common sense, wisdom, sagacity, judgment, acumen, insight; brains, mind; informal …

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  • 74WIT Georgia Tbilissi — Infobox club sportif WIT Georgia Tbilissi …

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  • 75wit — I [[t]wɪt[/t]] n. 1) the keen perception and clever expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure 2) a person having or noted for such perception and expression 3) witty speech or writing 4) understanding,… …

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  • 76wit — 1. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) intelligence; quick understanding (has quick wits; a nimble wit). 2 a the unexpected, quick, and humorous combining or contrasting of ideas or expressions (conversation sparkling with wit). b the power of giving… …

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  • 77wit — I. verb (wist; witting; present first & third singular wot) Etymology: Middle English witen (1st & 3d singular present wot, past wiste), from Old English witan (1st & 3d singular present wāt, past wisse, wiste); akin to Old High German wizzan to… …

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  • 78Wit and Wisdom of Discworld — infobox Discworld|id= characters= locations= Discworld motifs= year = 2007 publisher=Doubleday ISBNH=ISBN 9780385611770 ISBNP= awards= notes= Compiled by Stephen BriggsThe Wit and Wisdom of Discworld is an accessory book to the Discworld series… …

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  • 79wit — Both the noun wit [OE] and the verb [OE] go back ultimately to the Indo European base *woid , *weid , *wid . This originally meant ‘see’, in which sense it has given English visible, vision, etc, but it developed metaphorically to ‘know’, and it… …

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  • 80wit — Both the noun wit [OE] and the verb [OE] go back ultimately to the Indo European base *woid , *weid , *wid . This originally meant ‘see’, in which sense it has given English visible, vision, etc, but it developed metaphorically to ‘know’, and it… …

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