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Knive

//naɪv// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Rare form of knife. form-of, rare

    "all small weak Shoots should be cut close to the main Stems; and (generally speaking) nipping with your Nails, is a better Way than kniving of them."

Etymology

Attested since at least 1733. Knife (verb), which is now 150 times more common, is first attested in the 1860s. Related to knife (“short blade”, noun); compare strife (noun), strive (verb).

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