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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: wise \wise\, a. [OE. wise, AS. w[imac]se; akin to OS. w[imac]sa, OFries. w[imac]s, D. wijs, wijze, OHG. w[imac]sa, G. weise, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Icel. ["o][eth]ruv[imac]s otherwise; from the root of E. wit; hence, originally, knowledge, skill. See {Wit}, v., and cf. {Guise}.] Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. "All armed in complete wise." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] To love her in my beste wyse. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] This song she sings in most commanding wise. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] Let not these blessings then, sent from above, Abused be, or spilt in profane wise. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is nearly obsolete, except in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, on this wise, etc. " Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil." --Ps. xxxvii. 8. "He shall in no wise lose his reward." --Matt. x. 42. " On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel." --Num. vi. 23. [1913 Webster] Note: Wise is often used as a suffix in composition, as in likewise, nowise, lengthwise, etc., in which words -ways is often substituted with the same sense; as, noways, lengthways, etc. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wise \Wise\ (w[imac]z), a. [Compar. {Wiser} (w[imac]z"[~e]r); superl. {Wisest}.] [OE. wis, AS. w[imac]s; akin to OS. & OFries. w[imac]s, D. wijs, G. weise, OHG. w[imac]s, w[imac]si, Icel. v[imac]ss, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Goth. weis; akin to wit, v. i. See {Wit}, v., and cf. {Righteous}, {Wisdom}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned. [1913 Webster] They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. --Jer. iv. 22. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious. [1913 Webster] When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation. --2 Tim. iii. 15. [1913 Webster] 3. Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination. [1913 Webster] Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone. Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty. [R.] "Thou art . . . no novice, but a governor wily and wise." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Nor, on the other side, Will I be penuriously wise As to make money, that's my slave, my idol. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] Lords do not care for me: I am too wise to die yet. --Ford. [1913 Webster] 5. Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination. "Eminent in wise deport." --Milton. [1913 Webster] {To make it wise}, to make it a matter of deliberation. [Obs.] "We thought it was not worth to make it wise." --Chaucer. {Wise in years}, old enough to be wise; wise from age and experience; hence, aged; old. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one; He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth. --Ford. [1913 Webster] You are too wise in years, too full of counsel, For my green experience. --Ford. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: wise adj 1: having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment" [ant: {foolish}] 2: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision" [syn: {judicious}, {wise}, {heady}] 3: evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: {knowing}, {wise(p)}, {wise to(p)}] 4: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" [syn: {fresh}, {impertinent}, {impudent}, {overbold}, {smart}, {saucy}, {sassy}, {wise}] n 1: a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise" 2: United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949) [syn: {Wise}, {Stephen Samuel Wise}] 3: United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900) [syn: {Wise}, {Isaac Mayer Wise}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: WISE World-wide Information System for r&d Efforts (WWW, IGD)