won 1 (wŭn, wōn) intr.v.
wonned, won·ning, wons Archaic To dwell or abide.
[Middle English wonen, from Old English wunian; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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won
p.t. and pp. of
win, from O.E.
gewinnen, pp. of
winnan.