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Webster 1913 Edition

Twit

Twit

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Twitted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Twitting
.]
[OE.
atwiten
, AS.
ætwītan
to reproach, blame;
aet
at +
wītan
to reproach, blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the meanings of E.
animadvert
; akin to G. ver
weisen
to censure, OHG. fir
wīzan
, Goth. fra
weitan
to avenge, L.
videre
to see. See
Vision
,
Wit
.]
To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt;
as, he
twitted
his friend of falsehood
.
This these scoffers
twitted
the Christians with.
Tillotson.
Aesop minds men of their errors, without
twitting
them for what is amiss.
L’Estrange.

Webster 1828 Edition

Twit

TWIT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. ad, to.] To reproach; to upbraid; as for some previous act. He twitted his friend of falsehood.
With this these scoffers twitted the christians.
Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what is amiss.

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