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DEWITT
\də wˈɪt], \də wˈɪt], \d_ə w_ˈɪ_t]\
Definitions of DEWITT
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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d
[=
e
]-
wit
', v.t.
to
lynch--
from
the
fate
of
Jan
and
Cornelius
De
Witt
in
Holland
in
1672.
1908
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson
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