wit

  1. Noun.  (context, now) Sanity.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete, _) The senses.
  3. Noun.  Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
  4. Noun.  The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
  5. Noun.  Intelligence; common sense.
  6. Noun.  Spoken humour, especially when clever or quick.
  7. Noun.  A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
  8. Verb.  (ambitransitive, chiefly) Know, be aware of (qualifier, construed with '''of''' when used intransitively) .

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