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ween

noun
/ˈwiːn/

Etymology

From Middle English wene, from Old English wēn, wēna (“hope, weening, expectation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāni, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz, *wēnǭ (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, love, want, reach, win”). Cognate with Dutch waan (“delusion”), Afrikaans waan (“delusion”), German Wahn (“illusion, false hope”).

  1. derived from *wenh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *wēniz✻
  3. inherited from *wāni✻
  4. inherited from wēn
  5. inherited from wene

Definitions

  1. Doubt

    Doubt; conjecture.

  2. To suppose, imagine

    To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.

    • And when they will fight they will shock them together in a plump; that if there be 20000 men, men shall not ween that there be scant 10000.
    • Then sayde Peter unto hym: Perissh thou and thy money togedder. For thou wenest that the gyfte of god maye be obteyned with money?

  3. To expect, hope or wish.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To weep or cry.

      • The boy's mother weened day and night.

    2. To lament.

    3. Misspelling of wean.

    4. wiener dog, dachshund

    5. penis

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA