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Withed vs Witted - What's the difference?

withed | witted |

As verbs the difference between withed and witted

is that withed is past tense of withe while witted is past tense of wit.

As an adjective witted is

having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability.

withed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (withe)

    • withe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
  • * 1997': Perhaps indifferent to their social Rejection, he sets to work separating his Tree into Poles, Sticks, and '''Withes , and placing them wherever in the Structures of Dam or Lodge he feels they need to go. — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon
  • (nautical) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.
  • (architecture) A partition between flues in a chimney.

    • Verb

    (with)
  • To bind with s.
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  • To beat with s.
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    witted

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, in combination) having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability)

    • Derived terms

    * dull-witted * fine-witted * half-witted * gross-witted * keen-witted * light-witted * quick-witted * sharp-witted * slow-witted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wit)