Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
dove .
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Examples
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But I sez, "Nobody can dive into deeper depths than I have doven to-day."
Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Marietta Holley 1881
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open up the kotel so that its 50-50 for men and women and women are allowed to doven and read torah there without being harassed and physically assaulted and maybe we can open up this discussion on equality and inclusion in the jewish world.
AnWulf commented on the word doven
Past participle of dive ... dive, dove, doven. Liken to bedoven.
November 3, 2011
sionnach commented on the word doven
I thought a bedoven was liken to a hot-water bottle.
November 3, 2011
AnWulf commented on the word doven
@sionnach ... I think you meant "was likened" or maybe you mean "is likened"? I've never heard a hot water bottle called a bedoven but if it burst then you might be bedoven in hot water!
The comparison was doven to bedoven. Bedoven is the past participle of the archaic bedive.
November 18, 2011
bilby commented on the word doven
Meh. Misunderstandings like this are a dive a doven.
November 18, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word doven
I thought bedoven was a composer.
November 18, 2011
vendingmachine commented on the word doven
doven
lazy (unwilling to work)
stale (of beverages)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doven
February 5, 2021