Definition/Meaning of wise

• English - Adjective: wise (comparative wiser or more wise, superlative wisest or most wise) Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience. Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision. They were considered the wise old men of the administration. (colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful. Don't get wise with me! (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something). Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan…
• English - Verb: wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised) To become wise. (ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn . Mo wised him up about his situation. After Mo had a word with him, he wised up. wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised) (dialectal)…
• English - Noun: wise (plural wises) (archaic) Way , manner , or method . 1481, William Caxton, The History of Reynard the Fox^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Historye_of_Reynard_the_Foxe/capitulo_.primo._(2)): In such wise that all the beasts, great and small, came to the court save Reynard the Fox. 1866, Algernon Swinburne, A Ballad of Life, lines 28–30: A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;The token of…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English wys, wyse , from Old English wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“knowledgeable, wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing; knowledge”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Cognates Cognate wit h West Frisian wiis (“wise”), Dutch wijs (“wise”), German weis , weise (“wise”), Low German wies (“wise; clever”), Danish , Norwegian Bokmål , Norwegian Nynorsk , and…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /waɪz/ Homophone: whys Homophone: wyes Homophone: Ys Homophone: why's Rhymes: -aɪz Homophone: whys