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to wit

adv

Etymology

Originally, a shortening of that is to wit (“that is to know”); see wit.

Definitions

  1. That is to say

    That is to say; namely; specifically.

    • The directors of the company, to wit, Fred Smith and Albert Jones, inform us that…
    • The defendant is charged with possession of a controlled substance, to wit, cocaine…
    • Among the arrests is a man charged with possession of stolen goods, to wit: 50 beer crates.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for to wit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA