Wise,

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wise \Wise\ (w[imac]z), a. [Compar. {Wiser} (w[imac]z"[~e]r);
     superl. {Wisest}.] [OE. wis, AS. w[imac]s; akin to OS. &
     OFries. w[imac]s, D. wijs, G. weise, OHG. w[imac]s,
     w[imac]si, Icel. v[imac]ss, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Goth. weis;
     akin to wit, v. i. See {Wit}, v., and cf. {Righteous},
     {Wisdom}.]


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     1. Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive
        information; erudite; learned.
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              They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have
              no knowledge.                         --Jer. iv. 22.
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     2. Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning
        and judging soundly concerning what is true or false,
        proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best
        means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
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              When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks.
                                                    --Shak.
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              From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,
              which are able to make thee wise unto salvation. --2
                                                    Tim. iii. 15.
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     3. Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous;
        specifically, skilled in divination.
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              Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now
              with me; but she's gone.
              Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of
              Brentford?                            --Shak.
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     4. Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
        [R.] "Thou art . . . no novice, but a governor wily and
        wise." --Chaucer.
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              Nor, on the other side,
              Will I be penuriously wise
              As to make money, that's my slave, my idol. --Beau.
                                                    & Fl.
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              Lords do not care for me:
              I am too wise to die yet.             --Ford.
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     5. Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting
        wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious;
        discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise
        conduct or management; a wise determination. "Eminent in
        wise deport." --Milton.
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     {To make it wise}, to make it a matter of deliberation.
        [Obs.] "We thought it was not worth to make it wise."
        --Chaucer.
  
     {Wise in years}, old enough to be wise; wise from age and
        experience; hence, aged; old. [Obs.]
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              A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one;
              He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth.
                                                    --Ford.
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              You are too wise in years, too full of counsel,
              For my green experience.              --Ford.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  wise \wise\, a. [OE. wise, AS. w[imac]se; akin to OS. w[imac]sa,
     OFries. w[imac]s, D. wijs, wijze, OHG. w[imac]sa, G. weise,
     Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Icel. ["o][eth]ruv[imac]s otherwise; from
     the root of E. wit; hence, originally, knowledge, skill. See
     {Wit}, v., and cf. {Guise}.]
     Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. "All armed in
     complete wise." --Spenser.
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           To love her in my beste wyse.            --Chaucer.
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           This song she sings in most commanding wise. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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           Let not these blessings then, sent from above,
           Abused be, or spilt in profane wise.     --Fairfax.
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     Note: This word is nearly obsolete, except in such phrases as
           in any wise, in no wise, on this wise, etc. " Fret not
           thyself in any wise to do evil." --Ps. xxxvii. 8. "He
           shall in no wise lose his reward." --Matt. x. 42. " On
           this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel."
           --Num. vi. 23.
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     Note: Wise is often used as a suffix in composition, as in
           likewise, nowise, lengthwise, etc., in which words
           -ways is often substituted with the same sense; as,
           noways, lengthways, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wise
       adj 1: having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise
              leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment" [ant: {foolish}]
       2: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in
          practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a
          sensible manager"; "a wise decision" [syn: {judicious}, {sensible}]
       3: evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: {knowing},
           {wise(p)}, {wise to(p)}]
       4: able to take a broad view of negotiations between states
          [syn: {diplomatic}]
       5: carefully considered; "a considered opinion" [syn: {considered}]
       n 1: a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"
       2: United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
          [syn: {Stephen Samuel Wise}]
       3: United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united
          reform Jewish organizations in the United States
          (1819-1900) [syn: {Isaac Mayer Wise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  226 Moby Thesaurus words for "wise":
     MO, abstruse, acute, advantageous, advisable, alert, algorithm,
     all-knowing, angle, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
     apprehensive, approach, appropriate, arrogant, artful, aspect,
     astute, attack, aware, becoming, befitting, biggety, bold,
     bold-faced, brash, bright, broad-minded, cagey, canny, cheeky,
     civilized, cocky, cogitative, cognizant, comprehending,
     configuration, congruous, conscious, contemplative, convenient,
     course, crafty, cultivated, cultured, cunning, decent, deep,
     desirable, discerning, discreet, educated, effect, eidolon,
     encyclopedic, erudite, expedient, facet, fashion, favorable,
     feasible, feature, felicitous, figure, fit, fitten, fitting, flip,
     flippant, foresighted, form, forward, fresh, fructuous, gestalt,
     gnostic, good, grasping, guise, happy, hardheaded, hep, hoaxproof,
     image, imago, impertinent, impression, impudent, insightful,
     insolent, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing,
     knowledgeable, learned, lettered, light, likely, likeness, line,
     line of action, lineaments, lines, lippy, literate, look, manner,
     manner of working, means, meet, method, methodology, mindful, mode,
     mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus, modus operandi, nervy,
     nimble-witted, not born yesterday, omniscient, on the beam,
     opportune, order, pansophic, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious,
     pert, phase, phasis, politic, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic,
     practical, practice, prehensile, procacious, procedure, proceeding,
     process, profitable, profound, proper, provident, prudent, quick,
     quick-witted, realistic, recommendable, reference, reflective,
     regard, respect, right, routine, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient,
     sassy, saucy, scholarly, scholastic, seasonable, seeming, seemly,
     semblance, sensible, sensing, shape, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd,
     side, simulacrum, slant, slick, slippery, smart, smart-alecky,
     smooth, sophic, sophisticated, sortable, steel-trap, studious,
     style, suitable, system, tack, tactical, technique, the drill,
     the how, the way of, thoughtful, timely, to be desired, tone,
     total effect, tough-minded, tricky, twist, uncullible,
     undeceivable, undeludable, understanding, undupable, unfoolable,
     ungullible, unhoaxable, unseduceable, useful, view, viewpoint, way,
     well-timed, wily, wise as Solomon, worthwhile
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Wise, VA (town, FIPS 87072)
    Location: 36.97725 N, 82.58044 W
    Population (1990): 3193 (1419 housing units)
    Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 24293

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Wise -- U.S. County in Texas
     Population (2000):    48793
     Housing Units (2000): 19242
     Land area (2000):     904.606170 sq. miles (2342.919126 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    18.166985 sq. miles (47.052272 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    922.773155 sq. miles (2389.971398 sq. km)
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             33.205893 N, 97.674285 W
     Headwords:
      Wise
      Wise, TX
      Wise County
      Wise County, TX
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Wise -- U.S. County in Virginia
     Population (2000):    40123
     Housing Units (2000): 17792
     Land area (2000):     404.042338 sq. miles (1046.464808 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.178921 sq. miles (3.053391 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    405.221259 sq. miles (1049.518199 sq. km)
     Located within:       Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
     Location:             36.953238 N, 82.623990 W
     Headwords:
      Wise
      Wise, VA
      Wise County
      Wise County, VA
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Wise, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
     Population (2000):    3255
     Housing Units (2000): 1594
     Land area (2000):     3.072609 sq. miles (7.958020 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.072609 sq. miles (7.958020 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            87072
     Located within:       Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
     Location:             36.978057 N, 82.577033 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     24293
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Wise, VA
      Wise