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verb (used with object), verb (used without object) Archaic.
1.
to think; suppose.
2.
to expect, hope, or intend.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English wenen, Old English wēnan to expect; cognate with German wähnen to imagine, Old Norse væna, Gothic wēnjan to hope, expect
before 900; Middle English wenen, Old English wēnan to expect; cognate with German wähnen to imagine, Old Norse væna, Gothic wēnjan to hope, expect
Related forms
un·weened, adjective
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Example Sentences
- We need to ween from burning carbon and hydro carbon and the sooner the better for this country.
- It can begin to ween people from the dependency of the foreign aid system.
- Wherein the drug itself may be utilized a tool to ween addicts, then it should be used.
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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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