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- English Word Wiry Definition Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.
- English Word Wis Definition Certainly; really; indeed.
- English Word Wis Definition To think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis.
- English Word Wisard Definition See Wizard.
- English Word Wisdom Definition The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.
- English Word Wisdom Definition The results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition.
- English Word Wise Definition Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
- English Word Wise Definition Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
- English Word Wise Definition Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
- English Word Wise Definition Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
- English Word Wise Definition Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.
- English Word Wise Definition Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.
- English Word Wise-hearted Definition Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent.
- English Word Wise-like Definition Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious.
- English Word Wiseacre Definition A learned or wise man.
- English Word Wiseacre Definition One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce.
- English Word Wiseling Definition One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling.
- English Word Wisely Definition In a wise manner; prudently; judiciously; discreetly; with wisdom.
- English Word Wiseness Definition Wisdom.
- English Word Wish Definition To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.
- English Word Wish Definition To desire; to long for; to hanker after; to have a mind or disposition toward.
- English Word Wish Definition To frame or express desires concerning; to invoke in favor of, or against, any one; to attribute, or cal down, in desire; to invoke; to imprecate.
- English Word Wish Definition To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
- English Word Wish Definition Desire; eager desire; longing.
- English Word Wish Definition Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation.
- English Word Wish Definition A thing desired; an object of desire.
- English Word Wish-wash Definition Any weak, thin drink.
- English Word Wishable Definition Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.
- English Word Wishbone Definition The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.
- English Word Wished Definition of Wish