trow

[ troh ]

/ troʊ /

verb (used with or without object) Archaic.

to believe, think, or suppose.

Nearby words

trouvère, trouvères, trovatore, il, trove, trover, trow, trowbridge, trowel, troy, troy game, the, troy weight

Origin of trow

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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Examples from the Web for trow

Far from it, I trow; he who did this, you would say, did you the greatest wrong in all the world.
Cyropaedia|Xenophon
I trow well that you were all of you more than half drunk upon the night you professed to see this thing done.
Tom Tufton's Travels|Evelyn Everett-Green
I can dive through the water, I trow, albeit the well is none too wide.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn|Evelyn Everett-Green
Deed ist, sir, and a braw patrimony I trow it will be by the time he arrives at the years o discretion.
The Entail|John Galt

Hinge and hank, trowed—As ye ask (as I trow you do), so ye receive (I trow).
An Outline of English Speech-craft|William Barnes

British Dictionary definitions for trow

trow

/ (trəʊ) /

verb

archaic to think, believe, or trust

Word Origin for trow

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

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