witting

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪtɪŋ/

Partly from Old Norse vitand, partly from the present participle of wit.

witting (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Knowledge, awareness.
   • Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Wife of Bath's Prologue’ ll. 648-9, Canterbury Tales, Oxford 1988, p. 113:

     for his wyf was at a someres game, / Wiþouten his wityng, he forsook hire eke.

Participle adjective of wit.

witting (comparative more witting, superlative most witting)

1. aware, knowledgable
   • 2011, James M. Olson, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying:

     Sometimes the committing authority, who is usually located in the United States, is the only person who is witting of the CIA officer's true affiliation.

• unwitting

witting

1. present participle of wit