trow

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We men fall silent then, I trow --

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  1. intransitive verb Archaic To think.
  2. intransitive verb Obsolete To suppose.

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  1. Middle English trowen, from Old English trēowian, to trust; see deru- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, from Anglo-Saxon treówian, trūwian, believe, trust, confide, also show to be true, justify, =Old Saxon trūōn =OFries. trouwa =D. vertrouwen, trust (trouwen, marry), =Middle Low German trūwen =Old High German triūwēn, trūwēn, trūēn, Middle High German trūwen, trūen, trouwen, trowen, German trauen, hope, believe, trust, =Icelandic trūa =Swedish Danish tro, believe, =Goth, trauan, believe, trust; connected with the adjective Anglo-Saxon treówe, etc., true, from a root (Tent. √ tru) found also in trust: see true, adjective, true, n., and trust.
  2. A variant of trough.
 

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