WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Ween
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. wenen, AS. w, fr. w hope, expectation, opinion; akin to D. waan, OFries. w, OS. & OHG. wan, G. wahn delusion, Icel. van hope, expectation, Goth. w, and D. wanen to fancy, G. w?hnen, Icel. vana to hope, Goth. w, and perhaps to E. winsome, wish.]
Definition : Defn: To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obs. or Poetic] Spenser. Milton. I have lost more than thou wenest. Chaucer. For well I ween, Never before in the bowers of light Had the form of an earthly fay been seen. J. R. Drake. Though never a dream the roses sent Of science or love's compliment, I ween they smelt as sweet. Mrs. Browning.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913