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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) Archaic.
1. to think; suppose.
2. to expect, hope, or intend.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME wenen, OE wēnan to expect; c. G wähnen to imagine, ON væna, Goth wēnjan to hope, expect
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ween   (wēn)   
tr.v.   weened, ween·ing, weens Archaic
To think; suppose.

[Middle English wenen, from Old English wēnan; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

ween 
O.E. wenan "to think," from P.Gmc. *woenijanan (cf. O.S. wanian, O.N. væna, O.Fris. wena, O.H.G. wanen, Ger. wähnen, Goth. wenjan "to expect, suppose, think"), from *woeniz "expectation," from PIE base *wen- "to wish, desire, strive for" (see Venus). Archaic since 17c.
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