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