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Sist vs Wist - What's the difference?

sist | wist |

As verbs the difference between sist and wist

is that sist is to stay e.g. judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop while wist is past tense of wit.

As a noun sist

is a stay or suspension of proceedings.

sist

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • ; to delay or suspend; to stop
  • to cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
    • Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a stay or suspension of proceedings
    • (Burrill)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    wist

    English

    Etymology 1

    Past indicative of (m): from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (wit)
  • * a''1796 , , "Bonie Jean: A Ballad", in ''Poems and Songs , P.F. Collier & Son (1909–14), Bartleby.com (2001), [http://www.bartleby.com/6/419.html],
    • And lang ere witless Jeanie wist , / Her heart was tint, her peace was stown!

    Etymology 2

    A misunderstanding, or a joking use of the past indicative of (m): from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (m).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard, pseudo-archaic) To know, be aware of.
    • Usage notes
    * (rft-sense) This use of wist was never a part of the regular English language; rather, it resulted from the erroneous attempted use of archaisms.

    Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms ----