Category:Ween

Ween, v. i. Etym: [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. wähnen, icel. vana to hope, goth. w, and perhaps to e. Winsome, wish.]

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.