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Definition hove
Etymology 1
From Middle English hoven (“to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster”), from Old English *hofian (“to receive into one's house”), from Proto-Germanic *huf?n? (“to house, lodge”), from Proto-Germanic *huf? (“hill, height, farm, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“to arch, bend, buckle”). Cognate with Old Frisian hovia (“to receive into one's home, entertain”), Old Dutch hoven (“to receive into one's home, entertain”). Related to Old English hof (“court, house, dwelling”). More at hovel.
Verb
hove (third-person singular simple present hoves, present participle hoving, simple past and past participle hoved)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To wait, linger.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To move on or by.
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain; delay.
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
Etymology 2
From Middle English hoven, alteration (due to hove, hoven, past tense and past participle of heven (“to heave”)). More at heave.
Verb
hove (third-person singular simple present hoves, present participle hoving, simple past and past participle hoved)
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To raise; lift; hold up.
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To rise.
Etymology 3
Inflected forms.
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