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IWIS

\ˈɪwiz], \ˈɪwiz], \ˈɪ_w_i_z]\

Definitions of IWIS

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Indeed; truly. See Ywis.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

YWIS, i-wis', adv. certainly--sometimes ignorantly written I wis, as if 'I know.' [M. E. ywis, iwis--A.S. gewis, certain; Ger. gewiss (adv.).]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

-not I wis, as if = I know, but-an adv., meaning certainly [A. S.].

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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