Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A diminutive of the male given name David, also used as a formal given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname from Gujarati from Gujarati દવે (dave, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
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History
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”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
