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trow

[troh]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object) Archaic.
to believe, think, or suppose.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME trowen, OE trēow(i)an to believe, deriv. of trēow belief; akin to ON trūa, G trauen, Goth trauan to trust, believe. See trust, true
trow     (trō)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   trowed, trow·ing, trows
  1. Archaic To think.
  2. Obsolete To suppose.

[Middle English trowen, from Old English trēowian, to trust; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

trow 
O.E. treowian "to trust, believe," from treow "faith, belief," from P.Gmc. *truwian (see true). Cognate with Ger. trauen.

Trow

Trow\, n. A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish. --Knight.

Trow

Trow\, v. i. & t. [OE. trowen, AS. tre['o]wan to trust, believe, fr. tre['o]w trust, tre['o]we true, faithful. See True.] To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Archaic]

So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. --Chaucer.

A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is. --Chaucer.

It never yet was worn, I trow. --Tennyson.

Note: I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to questions to express contemptuous or indignant surprise.

What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . . ashore? --Shak.

What is the matter, trow? --Shak.

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