[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wise \wise\ wimacz, a. compar. wiser wimacz"~er;
   superl. wisest. oe. wis, as. wimacs; akin to os. 
   ofries. wimacs, d. wijs, g. weise, ohg. wimacs,
   wimacsi, icel. vimacss, sw. vis, dan. viis, goth. weis;
   akin to wit, v. i. see wit, v., and cf. righteous,
   wisdom.
   1913 webster
   1. having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive
      information; erudite; learned.
      1913 webster

            they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have
            no knowledge.                         --jer. iv. 22.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            when clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,
            which are able to make thee wise unto salvation. --2
                                                  tim. iii. 15.
      1913 webster

   3. versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous;
      specifically, skilled in divination.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   4. hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
      r. "thou art . . . no novice, but a governor wily and
      wise." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            nor, on the other side,
            will i be penuriously wise
            as to make money, that's my slave, my idol. --beau.
                                                   fl.
      1913 webster

            lords do not care for me:
            i am too wise to die yet.             --ford.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            a very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one;
            he's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth.
                                                  --ford.
      1913 webster

            you are too wise in years, too full of counsel,
            for my green experience.              --ford.
      1913 webster
see also:
wiser wisest wit righteous wisdom to make it wise 
wise in years 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wise \wise\, a. oe. wise, as. wimacse; akin to os. wimacsa,
   ofries. wimacs, d. wijs, wijze, ohg. wimacsa, g. weise,
   sw. vis, dan. viis, icel. "oethruvimacs otherwise; from
   the root of e. wit; hence, originally, knowledge, skill. see
   wit, v., and cf. guise.
   way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. "all armed in
   complete wise." --spenser.
   1913 webster

         to love her in my beste wyse.            --chaucer.
   1913 webster

         this song she sings in most commanding wise. --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
   1913 webster

         let not these blessings then, sent from above,
         abused be, or spilt in profane wise.     --fairfax.
   1913 webster

   note: this word is nearly obsolete, except in such phrases as
         in any wise, in no wise, on this wise, etc. " fret not
         thyself in any wise to do evil." --ps. xxxvii. 8. "he
         shall in no wise lose his reward." --matt. x. 42. " on
         this wise ye shall bless the children of israel."
         --num. vi. 23.
         1913 webster

   note: wise is often used as a suffix in composition, as in
         likewise, nowise, lengthwise, etc., in which words
         -ways is often substituted with the same sense; as,
         noways, lengthways, etc.
         1913 webster
see also:
wit guise 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wise
     adj 1: having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise
            leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment" ant: foolish
     2: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in
        practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a
        sensible manager"; "a wise decision" syn: judicious, sensible
     3: evidencing the possession of inside information syn: knowing,
         wisep, wise top
     4: able to take a broad view of negotiations between states
        syn: diplomatic
     5: carefully considered; "a considered opinion" syn: considered
     n 1: a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"
     2: united states jewish leader born in hungary 1874-1949
        syn: stephen samuel wise
     3: united states religious leader born in bohemia who united
        reform jewish organizations in the united states
        1819-1900 syn: isaac mayer wise
see also:
foolish judicious sensible knowing wisep wise top 
diplomatic considered stephen samuel wise isaac mayer wise 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

226 moby thesaurus words for "wise":
   mo, abstruse, acute, advantageous, advisable, alert, algorithm,
   all-knowing, angle, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
   apprehensive, approach, appropriate, arrogant, artful, aspect,
   astute, attack, aware, becoming, befitting, biggety, bold,
   bold-faced, brash, bright, broad-minded, cagey, canny, cheeky,
   civilized, cocky, cogitative, cognizant, comprehending,
   configuration, congruous, conscious, contemplative, convenient,
   course, crafty, cultivated, cultured, cunning, decent, deep,
   desirable, discerning, discreet, educated, effect, eidolon,
   encyclopedic, erudite, expedient, facet, fashion, favorable,
   feasible, feature, felicitous, figure, fit, fitten, fitting, flip,
   flippant, foresighted, form, forward, fresh, fructuous, gestalt,
   gnostic, good, grasping, guise, happy, hardheaded, hep, hoaxproof,
   image, imago, impertinent, impression, impudent, insightful,
   insolent, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing,
   knowledgeable, learned, lettered, light, likely, likeness, line,
   line of action, lineaments, lines, lippy, literate, look, manner,
   manner of working, means, meet, method, methodology, mindful, mode,
   mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus, modus operandi, nervy,
   nimble-witted, not born yesterday, omniscient, on the beam,
   opportune, order, pansophic, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious,
   pert, phase, phasis, politic, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic,
   practical, practice, prehensile, procacious, procedure, proceeding,
   process, profitable, profound, proper, provident, prudent, quick,
   quick-witted, realistic, recommendable, reference, reflective,
   regard, respect, right, routine, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient,
   sassy, saucy, scholarly, scholastic, seasonable, seeming, seemly,
   semblance, sensible, sensing, shape, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd,
   side, simulacrum, slant, slick, slippery, smart, smart-alecky,
   smooth, sophic, sophisticated, sortable, steel-trap, studious,
   style, suitable, system, tack, tactical, technique, the drill,
   the how, the way of, thoughtful, timely, to be desired, tone,
   total effect, tough-minded, tricky, twist, uncullible,
   undeceivable, undeludable, understanding, undupable, unfoolable,
   ungullible, unhoaxable, unseduceable, useful, view, viewpoint, way,
   well-timed, wily, wise as solomon, worthwhile

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

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[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

wise, va town, fips 87072
  location: 36.97725 n, 82.58044 w
  population 1990: 3193 1419 housing units
  area: 7.9 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 24293

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

wise -- u.s. county in texas
   population 2000:    48793
   housing units 2000: 19242
   land area 2000:     904.606170 sq. miles 2342.919126 sq. km
   water area 2000:    18.166985 sq. miles 47.052272 sq. km
   total area 2000:    922.773155 sq. miles 2389.971398 sq. km
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             33.205893 n, 97.674285 w
   headwords:
    wise
    wise, tx
    wise county
    wise county, tx

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

wise -- u.s. county in virginia
   population 2000:    40123
   housing units 2000: 17792
   land area 2000:     404.042338 sq. miles 1046.464808 sq. km
   water area 2000:    1.178921 sq. miles 3.053391 sq. km
   total area 2000:    405.221259 sq. miles 1049.518199 sq. km
   located within:       virginia va, fips 51
   location:             36.953238 n, 82.623990 w
   headwords:
    wise
    wise, va
    wise county
    wise county, va

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

wise, va -- u.s. town in virginia
   population 2000:    3255
   housing units 2000: 1594
   land area 2000:     3.072609 sq. miles 7.958020 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    3.072609 sq. miles 7.958020 sq. km
   fips code:            87072
   located within:       virginia va, fips 51
   location:             36.978057 n, 82.577033 w
   zip codes 1990:     24293
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    wise, va
    wise

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