Meaning

2 senses

  1. (archaic, dialectal)To trust or believe.

  2. (archaic, dialectal)To have confidence in, or to give credence to.

Origin

From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, trouen, from Old English trēowan, t

From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, trouen, from Old English trēowan, trīewan (“to trust”) and Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *trūwāną (“to trust”); both from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“faithful, true”).

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Forms

trows, trowing, trowed, trowed
Base formtrow · to trow
3rd person singulartrows
Present participletrowing
Past simpletrowed
Past participletrowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrow
he, she, ittrows

Past simpleLesson

all personstrowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave trowed
he, she, ithas trowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trow

Word family

3 related words
Derivedbetrowtrowableuntrowed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trousertrouttrovetroweltroytruant
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