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waveWaive Waive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waived; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waiving.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF.
weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa
to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf.
Vibrate, Waif.] [Written also wave.]
1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or
claim; to refuse; to forego.
He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. --Chaucer.
We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions,
absolutely yielding to the direction of others.
--Barrow.
2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
3. (Law)
(a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right
which one may enforce if he chooses.
(b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. --Burrill.
Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as
outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the
proper sense of the word, because, according to
Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a
frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and
held as abandoned. --Burrill. WaveWave Wave (w[=a]v), v. t.
See Waive. --Sir H. Wotton. Burke. Wave
Wave Wave, v. t.
1. To move one way and the other; to brandish. ``[[AE]neas]
waved his fatal sword.' --Dryden.
2. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an
undulating form a surface to.
Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea.
--Shak.
3. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft. [Obs.] --Sir
T. Browne.
4. To call attention to, or give a direction or command to,
by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving;
to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
Look, with what courteous action It waves you to a
more removed ground. --Shak.
She spoke, and bowing waved Dismissal. --Tennyson.
WaveWave Wave, n. [See Woe.]
Woe. [Obs.] Wave
Wave Wave, n.
Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising
unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive
motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a
tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the
like; as, a wave of enthusiasm.
Meaning of Wave from wikipedia
- body
waves—the
primary (P
waves) and
secondary waves (S
waves)—and
surface waves, such as
Rayleigh waves, Love
waves, and
Stoneley waves. A
shock wave is...
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wave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
wave is a
disturbance that
transfers energy through matter or space.
Wave or
waves may also
refer to:
Wave...
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wave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
Wave may
refer to: The
Wave (1981 film), a TV
movie based on The
Third Wave social experiment The
Wave (2008...
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wave was an avant-garde
music genre and
visual art
scene that
emerged in the late 1970s in
Downtown New York City. The term was a pun
based on the rejection...
- The
Human Variome Project (HVP) is the
global initiative to
collect and
curate all
human genetic variation affecting human health. Its
mission is to improve...
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Wave on
Wave is the
second studio album by
American country music artist Pat Green.
Released in 2003 on Universal/Republic
Records in ****ociation with...
- quantities.
Waves may also
refer to:
Waves (band)
Waves (Charles
Lloyd album)
Waves (Jade
Warrior album)
Waves (Katrina and the
Waves album)
Waves (Moving...
- (t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-; from ****anese: 津波, lit. 'harbour
wave',
pronounced [tsɯnami]) is a
series of
waves in a
water body
caused by the
displacement of a large...
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Rogue waves (also
known as
freak waves or
killer waves) are
large and
unpredictable surface waves that can be
extremely dangerous to
ships and isolated...
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Wave!!: Let's Go Surfing!! (****anese:
WAVE!!〜サーフィンやっぺ!!〜, Hepburn:
Wave!!: Sāfin Yappe!!) is a ****anese mixed-media
project created by Mages. An anime...
