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Waive

//weɪv// noun, verb

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Noun

1
A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman. obsolete
2
A waif; a castaway. obsolete
"But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?"

Verb

1
To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo. transitive
"If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law."
2
To move from side to side; to sway. obsolete
3
lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime wordnet
4
To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.; To relinquish claim on a payment or fee which would otherwise be due. transitive
5
To stray, wander. intransitive, obsolete

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6
do without or cease to hold or adhere to wordnet
7
To put aside, avoid. archaic
"[…] seeing in many such occasions of common life we advisedly do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others"
8
To outlaw (someone). obsolete
9
To abandon, give up (someone or something). obsolete
"but she might be waived, and held as abandoned."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English weyven (“to avoid, renounce”), from Anglo-Norman weyver (“to abandon, allow to become a waif”), from Old French waif (“waif”), from gaiver (“to abandon”), ultimately of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; see weyver.

Etymology 2

From Middle English weyven (“to wave, waver”), from Old Norse veifa (“to wave, swing”) (Norwegian veiva), from Proto-Germanic *waibijaną.

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman waive, probably as the past participle of weyver, as Etymology 1, above.

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