- present participle of wit.
witting
Example Sentences
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An agent is a paid and witting spy; he formally, sometimes covertly, works for a foreign government.
From Slate • Sep. 4, 2025
“I can’t but think of partial replacements as immoral because they involve a witting decision by government agencies to leave residents at continued risk of exposure,” said Lambrinidou.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2023
A witting asset is a person or entity who knows that there is a foreign power working in their interest.
From Salon • May 22, 2019
Yet they often falter when reckoning with their own role, witting or not, in what came to pass.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2018
But of this rest assured, that I do so, witting well that I receive from thee, not only the lady I love, but with her my very life.
From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
