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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Ween \Ween\, v. i. [OE. wenen, AS. w[?]nan, fr. w[?]n hope, expectation, opinion; akin to D. waan, OFries. w[?]n, OS. & OHG. w[be]n, G. wahn delusion, Icel. v[be]n hope, expectation, Goth. w[?]ns, and D. wanen to fancy, G. w[84]hnen, Icel. v[be]na to hope, Goth. w[?]njan, and perhaps to E. winsome, wish.] 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. | |
