trow
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of trow
before 900; Middle English trowen, Old English trēow ( i ) an to believe, derivative of trēow belief; akin to Old Norse trūa, German trauen, Gothic trauan to trust, believe. See trust, true
Example Sentences
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Stations are hotter than ever for thr trains with airconditioning trow off heat.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2016
And in this great big world there doesn't exist, I trow, a single radio announcer That he would spouncer.
From Time Magazine Archive
He trow, to sav the Nation from the Pynkes, "Milord hath Rights Divine to burgl Shrynkes."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Methinks," she wrote, "it is not needful to send me a message every Wednesday, to say you will be here on Sunday, for I trow on every Friday, you repent."
From Time Magazine Archive
He nodded toward the cat “Dis is Stew, d’cook s cat He climb on d raff, an’ I ’ad no heart to trow 'im off.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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