Ween
[wi:n]
Definition
(v. i.) To think; to imagine; to fancy.
Editor: Pedro
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [Poetical.] Fancy, imagine, think, suppose.
Checker: Lorenzo
Definition
v.i. to think or fancy.
Inputed by Heinrich
Examples
- See what tidings that horn tells us of--to announce, I ween, some hership [12] and robbery which has been done upon my lands. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A mild harvest night, by the tranquil light Of the modest and gentle moon, Has a far sweeter sheen for me, I ween, Than the broad and unblushing noon. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, In his cell so lone and cold. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They greedily imbibed this belief; and their over-weening credulity even rendered them eager to make converts to the same faith. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Checker: Reginald