pave
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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”).
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pave (third-person singular simple present paves, present participle paving, simple past and past participle paved)
- (British) To cover something with paving slabs.
- (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
- 1970, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “Big Yellow Taxi”, in Ladies of the Canyon:
- They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.
- (transitive, figurative) To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
- 2011, 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.
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(British) to cover with paving stones
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(North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
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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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pave c (singular definite paven, plural indefinite paver)
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Declension of pave
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pave
- inflection of paver:
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pavē
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pave m (definite singular paven, indefinite plural paver, definite plural pavene)
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pave m (definite singular paven, indefinite plural pavar, definite plural pavane)