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pave

See also: pavé, påve, and pavê

English

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Etymology

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From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).

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  • enPR: pāv, IPA(key): /peɪv/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪv

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pave (third-person singular simple present paves, present participle paving, simple past and past participle paved)

  1. (British) To cover something with paving slabs.
  2. (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
  3. (transitive, figurative) To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
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      After two weeks Miguel began to circulate freely about the city in his truck, albeit with the long, chrome-plated pistol cocked and ready on his lap. It wouldn't be for three more years that Gonzo would tell Miguel about the secret leverage that paved his path to freedom.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish pauæ (Old Norse páfi), from Old Saxon pavos (Middle Low German pawes, paves), from Old French papes, from Latin pāpa (“father”).

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Noun

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pave c (singular definite paven, plural indefinite paver)

  1. pope

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Declension of pave
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pave paven paver paverne
genitive paves pavens pavers pavernes

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French

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pave

  1. inflection of paver:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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pavē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of paveō

Norwegian Bokmål

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pave m (definite singular paven, indefinite plural paver, definite plural pavene)

  1. pope
  2. gastric mill, lady (in crustaceans)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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pave m (definite singular paven, indefinite plural pavar, definite plural pavane)

  1. pope

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