v. t. [ AS. wītan; akin to D. wijten, G. verweisen, Icel. vīta to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS. wītan to see, L. animadvertere to observe, to punish. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Wit, v. ] To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though that I be jealous, wite me not. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

There if that I misspeak or say,
Wite it the ale of Southwark, I you pray. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wīte punishment. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Wite, v. ] Blame; reproach. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Blameless. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. pl. pres. of Wit. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. witena gemōt an assembly of the wise; wita a wise man + gemōt assembly. ] (AS. Hist.) A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest. [ 1913 Webster ]