wit

noun

1. Obsolete the mind
2. 1. powers of thinking and reasoning; intellectual and perceptive powers
   2. mental faculties with respect to their state of balance, esp. in their normal condition of sanity
3. alert, practical intelligence; good sense
4. 1. the ability to make lively, clever remarks in a sharp, amusing way
   2. the ability to perceive incongruous relationships and express them in a surprising or epigrammatic manner
   3. a person characterized by wit
   4. writing or speech expressing wit; esp., any clever disparagement or raillery
5. Archaic intellect; reason

transitive verb, intransitive verb wist, witting