trow

[troh]

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

1. to believe, think, or suppose.

trow

/ trəʊ /

verb

1. archaic,  to think, believe, or trust

Word History and Origins

Origin of trow¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trow¹

Old English treow ; related to Old Frisian triūwe , Old Saxon treuwa , Old High German triuwa ; see _troth , _true

Example Sentences

For Australian travellers Bree Taylor and Rebecca Trow, both 27, Blank Street was on their London to-do list after seeing its pastel-hued drinks on TikTok.

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Astronomer Allan Trow said it had appeared above Wales's Bannau Brycheiniog national park at around 20:00.

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Paris Trow, manager of Maesgwyn Hall in Wrexham, said the city had changed substantially over the last few years since the takeover.

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Abortion was so popular, in fact, that it became the source of wealth for one of the richest women in the country at the time, Ann Trow Lohman, who was better-known by her advertising moniker, Madame Restell.

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"In 1977, George Trow was working on an endless profile of Atlantic Record founder Ahmet Ertegun when he met Stan," remembered the acclaimed author Jamaica Kincaid.

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