pave

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: pāv, IPA^(key): /peɪv/

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• Rhymes: -eɪv

Verb

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

1. (Britain) To cover something with paving slabs.
2. (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.

   They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.

3. (transitive, figuratively) To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
   • Rice Baker-Yeboah, The Animal Pathways 1-2 (page 110)

     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.

Anagrams

• vape

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːvə/, [ˈpʰæːwə]

Noun

pave c (singular definite paven, plural indefinite paver)

1. pope

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pav/

Verb

pave

1. first-person singular present indicative of paver
2. third-person singular present indicative of paver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of paver
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of paver
5. second-person singular imperative of paver

Verb

pavē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of paveō

Noun

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

1. a pope

Noun

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

1. a pope