wit (n.)
reasoning, thinking, deliberation
3H6 IV.vii.61[Hastings to Edward] Away with scrupulous wit!
LLL IV.iii.6[Berowne alone, of his own reasoning] Well proved, wit!
LLL V.ii.78[Maria to all] Folly in fools bears not so strong a note / As foolery in the wise when wit doth dote, / Since all the power thereof it doth apply / To prove, by wit, worth in simplicity [second instance]
MM IV.i.62[disguised Duke alone, of greatness] thousand escapes of wit / Make thee the father of their idle dream
MV II.ix.98[Portia to Messenger, of the new arrival] Thou wilt say anon he is some kin to thee, / Thou spend'st such high-day wit in praising him
TC IV.iv.106[Troilus to Cressida] Fear not my truth: the moral of my wit / Is 'plain and true'
Tem II.i.15[Sebastian to Antonio, of Gonzalo] he's winding up the watch of his wit
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