atwite
English edit
Etymology edit
| PIE word |
|---|
| *h₂éd |
From Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”),[1] from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). The English word is analysable as at- + wite.
Verb edit
atwite (third-person singular simple present atwites, present participle atwiting, simple past and past participle atwited)
- (transitive, obsolete) To blame or reproach (someone); to twit.
Alternative forms edit
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References edit
- ^ “atwīten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.