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Wisted vs Wested - What's the difference?

wisted | wested |

As verbs the difference between wisted and wested

is that wisted is past tense of wist while wested is past tense of west.

wisted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wist)

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    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.

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    wested

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (west)

    • west

    English

    (wikipedia west)

    Noun

    (-)
  • One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.

    • Derived terms

    * north-northwest * northwest * south-southwest * southwest * west by north * west by south * wester * westerly * western * westerner * westing * westward * westwardly * westwards

    Coordinate terms

    * (compass point) east, north, south

    Adjective

  • Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
  • (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
  • Of or pertaining to the west; western.
  • From the West; occidental.

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • Towards the west; westwards.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.prologue:
    • Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West', / And ' wested twice, where he ought rise aright.

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