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Ween V Opinion Suppose Brown Shining Yellow Hair

Word ween
Definition v. To have an opinion that; think, suppose.
Sentence But she was brown who should have had / The shining yellow hair— / I ween the knights forgot their words / Or else they ceased to care.
Source “A Ballad of Two Knights,” Helen of Troy and Other Poems, Sara Teasdale

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