Wot \Wot\,
1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. See the Note
under Wit, v. [Obs.]
Brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it.
--Acts iii.
17.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Wit \Wit\, v. t. & i. [inf. (To) Wit; pres. sing. Wot; pl.
Wite; imp. Wist(e); p. p. Wist; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wit(t)ing. See the Note below.]
[OE. witen, pres. ich wot,
wat, I know (wot), imp. wiste, AS. witan, pres. w[=a]t, imp.
wiste, wisse; akin to OFries. wita, OS. witan, D. weten, G.
wissen, OHG. wizzan, Icel. vita, Sw. veta, Dan. vide, Goth.
witan to observe, wait I know, Russ. vidiete to see, L.
videre, Gr. ?, Skr. vid to know, learn; cf. Skr. vid to find.
????. Cf. History, Idea, Idol, -oid, Twit, Veda,
Vision, Wise, a. & n., Wot.]
To know; to learn. ``I wot and wist alway.'' --Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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