Wis

v. t. [imp. & p. p. WIST.] [O. Eng. wisse, wissen, to teach, to suppose, A-S. wisian, wissian, to instruct, show, govern; O. Eng. ywiss, A-S. gewiss, O. Sax. & O. Fries. wiss, Icel., Sw., & Dan. vis, certain; A-S. wisse, wiste, pret. of witan. See WIT, v. i.] [Obs. or poet.]

1Sense 1. To know; to be aware.

Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? Luke ii. 49.

2Sense 2. To think; to suppose; to imagine.

I wis, if it had pleased him, he might have saved us, and never felt pain. Latimer.

*Nor do I know how long it is (For I have lain entranced, I wis).* Coleridge.