dave
verbcommon in dialogue
- United States
To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).
verb
- 1
To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).
Etymology
From Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), from Old English dēafian (“to wax or become deaf”) and Old Norse deyfa (“to make deaf, make blunt, numb, soothe, allay”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian døyva (“to deafen, make dull”).
Forms
- past tense
- daved
- past participle
- daved
- present participle
- daving
- third person singular
- daves
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