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/wɪt/Definitions
(now usually in the plural) Sanity.
Example: He's gone completely out of his wits.
(obsolete usually in the plural) The senses.
Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
Example: Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.
The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
Example: My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.
/wɪt/Definitions
Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).
Example: They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.
/wɪt/Definitions
Against.
Example: He picked a fight with the class bully.
In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
Example: He went with his friends.
In addition to; as an accessory to.
Example: She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
Example: Jim was listening to Bach with his eyes closed.