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Webster 1913 Edition

Ween

Ween

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
wenen
, AS.
w[GREEK]nan
, fr.
w[GREEK]n
hope, expectation, opinion; akin to D.
waan
, OFries.
w[GREEK]n
, OS. & OHG.
wān
, G.
wahn
delusion, Icel.
vān
hope, expectation, Goth.
w[GREEK]ns
, and D.
wanen
to fancy, G.
wähnen
, Icel.
vāna
to hope, Goth.
w[GREEK]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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ween

WEEN

,
Verb.
I.
[G., to imagine. The sense is to set, fix or hold in the mind.] To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obsolete, except in burlesque.]

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