trow

[ troh ]

verb (used with or without object)Archaic.
  1. to believe, think, or suppose.

Origin of trow

1
before 900; Middle English trowen,Old English trēow(i)an to believe, derivative of trēow belief; akin to Old Norse trūa,German trauen,Gothic trauan to trust, believe. See trust, true

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How to use trow in a sentence

  • There are goodly men in the world, I trow, besides Aryas, and one ten thousand times as fair is wasting in captivity even now.

    Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

British Dictionary definitions for trow

trow

/ (trəʊ) /


verb
  1. archaic to think, believe, or trust

Origin of trow

1
Old English treow; related to Old Frisian triūwe, Old Saxon treuwa, Old High German triuwa; see troth, true

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