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ween
[ ween ]
/ win /
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verb (used with or without object) Archaic.
to think; suppose.
to expect, hope, or intend.
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Origin of ween
before 900; Middle English wenen,Old English wēnan to expect; cognate with German wähnen to imagine, Old Norse væna,Gothic wēnjan to hope, expect
OTHER WORDS FROM ween
un·weened, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ween
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British Dictionary definitions for ween
ween
/ (wiːn) /
verb
archaic to think or imagine (something)
Word Origin for ween
Old English wēnan; related to Old Saxon wānian, Gothic wēnjan, German wähnen to assume wrongly
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