hove.
To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
Meaning & usage
To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
To wait, linger.
To move on or by.
To remain; delay.
To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
Where this word comes from
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 *hufōną (“to house, lodge”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“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.
To raise; lift; hold up.
To rise.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hoven, alteration (due to hove, hoven, past tense and past participle of heven (“to heave”)). More at heave.
simple past and past participle of heave
simple past and past participle of heave
Where this word comes from
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