Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To blame; reproach; twit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To speak reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, obsolete To
blame ;reproach ;twit .
Etymologies
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From Middle English atwiten, from Old English ætwītan ("to reproach with, censure, taunt, blame, upbraid"), equivalent to at- + wite. More at twit.
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Examples
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For fram eche Castle {;} a {} midde one felde. þanne ne mai þe atwite {;} þe pore no þe riche. þat þou eni heh Borh {;} heþene Man bi {} takest.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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