To be or become aware of; learn.
Sudden and ingenious association of ideas or words, causing surprize and merriment.
A witty person; formerly, a person of learning or genius.
The reasoning power or faculty; sense.
Well, you'll hear the finest wit in France! – Dawn of All by Robert Hugh Benson
Then, as a last resort, some woman wit hit upon an expedient which it was strange that no one had thought of before. – The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki