Ween

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ween \Ween\, v. i. [OE. wenen, AS. w?nan, fr. w?n hope,
     expectation, opinion; akin to D. waan, OFries. w?n, OS. &
     OHG. w[=a]n, G. wahn delusion, Icel. v[=a]n hope,
     expectation, Goth. w?ns, and D. wanen to fancy, G.
     w[aum]hnen, Icel. v[=a]na to hope, Goth. w?njan, and perhaps
     to E. winsome, wish.]


     To think; to imagine; to fancy. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser.
     Milton.
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           I have lost more than thou wenest.       --Chaucer.
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           For well I ween,
           Never before in the bowers of light
           Had the form of an earthly fay been seen. --J. R.
                                                    Drake.
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           Though never a dream the roses sent
           Of science or love's compliment,
           I ween they smelt as sweet.              --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
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