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verb
- 1. be of the opinion; think or suppose: archaic "he, I ween, is no sacred personage"
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wean somebody/something (off/from/onto something) to gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal with its mother’s milk and start feeding it with solid food Leopard cubs are weaned at three months. You can start weaning your baby when it's six months old.
The meaning of WEEN is to hold as an opinion : suppose, believe. How to use ween in a sentence.
Archaic to think or imagine (something).... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Definition of wean verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Ween definition: to think; suppose.. See examples of WEEN used in a sentence.
Define ween. ween synonyms, ween pronunciation, ween translation, English dictionary definition of ween. tr.v. weened , ween·ing , weens Archaic To think; suppose. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Ween definition: To think; suppose. Origin of Ween From Middle English wene, from Old English wÄ“n, wÄ“na (“hope, weening, expectation" ), from Proto-Germanic *wÄ“niz, *wÄ“nÇ (“hope, expectation" ), from Proto-Indo-European *wen-(“to strive, love, want, reach, win" ). Cognate with German Wahn (“illusion, false hope" ).. From Wiktionary From Middle English wenen, from Old English wÄ“nan, from Proto-Germanic *wÄ“nijanÄ….Cognate with Dutch wanen, German wähnen.
Earliest known use. Old English. The earliest known use of the verb ween is in the Old English period (pre-1150). ween is a word inherited from Germanic. See etymology.
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Definition of ween in English: cite. ween Pronunciation: /wiːn/ verb [no object] archaic. be of the opinion; think or suppose: he, I ween, is no sacred personage.
