atwite

English

Etymology
PIE word
*h₂éd

From Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”),[1] from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). The English word is analysable as at- +‎ wite.

Verb

atwite (third-person singular simple present atwites, present participle atwiting, simple past and past participle atwited)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To blame or reproach (someone); to twit.

Alternative forms
  • attwite

References
  1. “atwīten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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