trow

[ troh ]

/ troʊ /

verb (used with or without object) Archaic.

to believe, think, or suppose.

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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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Word Origin and History for trow

trow

Old English treowian "to trust, believe," from treow "faith, belief," from Proto-Germanic *truwian (see true). Cognate with German trauen.