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Dave

//deɪv// name, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name.

    "David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap."

  2. 2
    A surname from Gujarati from Gujarati દવે (dave, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).
  3. 3
    A female given name. rare
Verb
  1. 1
    To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain). UK, dialectal, transitive

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”).

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