different between widen vs wisen

English

Etymology

From wide +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?d?n/
• Rhymes: -a?d?n

Verb

widen (third-person singular simple present widens, present participle widening, simple past and past participle widened)

1. (intransitive) To become wide or wider.

2. (transitive) To make wide or wider.
3. (transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.

4. (transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.

5. (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.

   Antonym: narrow

   to widen a short variable to an int variable

Derived terms

• widenable

Translations

Anagrams

• Edwin, Wendi, dwine, indew, winde, wined

English

Etymology

From wise +? -en.

Verb

wisen (third-person singular simple present wisens, present participle wisening, simple past and past participle wisened)

1. (intransitive) To become wise or wiser.
2. (transitive) To make wise or wiser.

Usage notes

Usually followed by up: "The ignorant always wisen up." -Charles Neal.

Anagrams

• Wenis, Wiens, Wines, sewin, sinew, swein, swine, we'ins, wenis, wines

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch w?sen, from Proto-West Germanic *w?sijan, from Proto-Germanic *w?sijan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wi?z?n/

Verb

wisen

1. to point out, to indicate
2. to lead
3. to teach
4. to assign
5. to determine

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: wijzen
• Limburgish: wieze

Further reading

• “wisen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “wisen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *w?sijan, from Proto-Germanic *w?sijan? (“to make wise”).

Verb

w?sen

1. to indicate, show
2. to lead, bring
3. to call
4. to invite

Conjugation

Derived terms

• daraw?sen
• daragiw?sen
• firw?sen
• follaw?sen
• framgiw?sen
• giw?sen
• ?zw?sen
• zisamanew?sen

Descendants

• Middle High German: w?sen
  • German: weisen
  • Luxembourgish: weisen
  • Yiddish: ??????? (vayzn)