wote

See also: Wote, wotè, and wóte

English

Verb

wote (third-person singular simple present wotes, present participle woting, simple past and past participle woted)

  1. (Early Modern) Alternative form of wot.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I‎[1], published 1921:
      Now (sayd the Lady) draweth toward night, And well I wote, that of your later fight Ye all forwearied be: for what so strong, 285 But wanting rest will also want of might?
    • 1577, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8)‎[2]:
      He builded within the citie of ] London then called Troinouant, a temple, and named it the temple of peace: the which (as some hold opinion, I wote not vpon what ground) was the same which now is called Blackwell hall, where the market for buieng and selling of cloths is kept.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wote
infinitive (to) wote
present tense past tense
1st-person singular wote woted
2nd-person singular wote, wotest† woted, wotedst†
3rd-person singular wotes, woteth† woted
plural wote
subjunctive wote woted
imperative wote —
participles woting woted

† Archaic or obsolete.

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Preposition

wote [with genitive]

  1. superseded spelling of wóte

Swahili

Adjective

wote

  1. m class(I)/m class(III)/u class(XI) inflected form of -ote
  2. wa class(II) inflected form of -ote
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