wisen

W4I1S1E1N1

verb

To become wise or wiser.

OriginEnglish wise ← Middle English wys, wyse ← Old English wīs →
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Meanings

verbwisen (third-person singular simple present wisens, present participle wisening, simple past and past participle wisened)

present singular third person wisens · participle present wisening · participle past wisened · past wisened

  1. intransitiveTo become wise or wiser.
  2. transitiveTo make wise or wiser.

    Joe laughed, saying, “Boy, I got to talk to you and wisen you up. […]”

    2016, Danny Barker, Alyn Shipton, A Life in Jazz, page 92

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-s-ós
  4. Proto-Germanic*wīsaz
  5. Old Englishwīs
  6. Middle Englishwys, wyse
  7. Englishwise
  8. Englishwisen

From wise + -en.

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Translations

Russian поумнеть
  • поумнеть (poumnetʹ)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

swineWienssinewsewinwenis
Cite this entry
APA

wisen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wisen

MLA

“wisen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wisen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wisen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wisen.

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