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To make it wise

Wise \Wise\, a. [Compar. Wiser; superl. Wisest.] [OE. wis, AS. w[=i]s; akin to OS. & OFries. w[=i]s, D. wijs, G. weise, OHG. w[=i]s, w[=i]si, Icel. v[=i]ss, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Goth. weis; akin to wit, v. i. See Wit, v., and cf. Righteous, Wisdom.]

  1. Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

    They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
    --Jer. iv. 2

  2. 2. Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.

    When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks.
    --Shak.

    From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation.
    --2 Tim. iii. 15.

  3. Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.

    Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone. Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford?
    --Shak.

  4. Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty. [R.] ``Thou art . . . no novice, but a governor wily and wise.''
    --Chaucer.

    Nor, on the other side, Will I be penuriously wise As to make money, that's my slave, my idol.
    --Beau. & Fl.

    Lords do not care for me: I am too wise to die yet.
    --Ford.

  5. Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination. ``Eminent in wise deport.''
    --Milton.

    To make it wise, to make it a matter of deliberation. [Obs.] `` We thought it was not worth to make it wise.''
    --Chaucer.

    Wise in years, old enough to be wise; wise from age and experience; hence, aged; old. [Obs.]

    A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one; He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth.
    --Ford.

    You are too wise in years, too full of counsel, For my green experience.
    --Ford.