to wit

wit

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), present singular 1st person wot, 2nd wost, 3rd wot, present plural wit or wite; past and past participle wist; present participle wit·ting.

1.	Archaic. to know.

—Idiom

2.	to wit, that is to say; namely: It was the time of the vernal equinox, to wit, the beginning of spring.

 

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