Meaning & use
Weened
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An archaic past-tense form of "ween," meaning thought, supposed, or believed.
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He weened himself wiser than all his advisers combined.
The old poem reads, 'She weened the storm would pass by morning.'
A note on using this word
Weened is unrelated to 'weaned' (from wean, meaning to stop breastfeeding); ween is an archaic verb meaning to think or suppose, now surviving mainly in phrases like 'overweening pride.'
Words with a similar meaning
supposedbelievedimagined
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