wot

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To know (in the sense of knowing a fact).

   • He that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.
   • Take heed to false harlots, and more, ye wot what. / If noise ye heare, / Looke all be cleare: / Least drabs doe noie thee, / And theeues destroie thee.
   • VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]
2. 2

   first-person singular present indicative of wit

3. 3

   third-person singular simple present indicative of wit

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   1. 4

      Eye dialect spelling of what.

      • Wot, no bananas?
      • Then, wot with undertakers, and wot with parish clerks, and wot with sextons, and wot with private watchmen (all awaricious and all in it), a man wouldn't get much by it, even if it was so.
   2. 5

      Alternative form of what (used to contradict an assumption)

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