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Definition ween

Etymology 1

From Middle English wene, from Old English w?n, w?na (“hope, weening, expectation”), from Proto-Germanic *w?niz, *w?n? (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, love, want, reach, win”). Cognate with Dutch waan (“delusion”), Afrikaans waan (“delusion”), German Wahn (“illusion, false hope”).

Noun

ween (plural weens)

1. (obsolete) Doubt; conjecture.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wenen, from Old English w?nan, from Proto-Germanic *w?nijan?. Cognate with Dutch wanen, German wähnen.

Verb

ween (third-person singular simple present weens, present participle weening, simple past weened or (obsolete) wende or (obsolete) wente, past participle weened or (obsolete) wend or (obsolete) went)

1. (archaic) To suppose, imagine; to think, believe.
2. (dated) To expect, hope or wish.

Etymology 3

From Middle English weinen (“to wail, lament”), from Old English w?nian (“to bewail, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *wain?n? (“to cry, lament, grieve”). Cognate with Dutch wenen (“to weep, cry”), German weinen (“to weep, cry”), Icelandic veina (“to wail, cry out”), West Frisian weine (“to weep, cry”).

Verb

ween (third-person singular simple present weens, present participle weening, simple past and past participle weened)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To weep or cry.
2. (obsolete) To lament.

Etymology 4

Verb

ween

1. Misspelling of wean.

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