Ween (?), v. i. [OE. wenen, AS. w�nan, fr. w�n hope, expectation, opinion; akin to D. waan, OFries. w�n, OS. & OHG. wān, G. wahn delusion, Icel. vān hope, expectation, Goth. w�ns, and D. wanen to fancy, G. wähnen, Icel. vāna to hope, Goth. w�njan, and perhaps to E. winsome, wish.] To think; to imagine; to fancy. Spenser. Milton.
I have lost more than thou wenest. Chaucer.
For well I ween,
Never before in the bowers of light
Had the form of an earthly fay been seen. J. R. Drake.
Though never a dream the roses sent
Of science or love's compliment,
I ween they smelt as sweet. Mrs. Browning.