English Explanatory Dictionary

hoven

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. alternative past participle of heave
adj
  1. Affected with the disease called hoove.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈhoʊvən/ /ˈhuːvən/

Word forms

hoven hove heaved Hovens

Etymology

From Middle English hoven, alteration of Old English hafen, ġehafen by analogy with class 4 strong verbs (compare broken, past participle of breken (“to break”)), from Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to hove + -en. Compare German Low German hoven (“hoven”, past participle), German gehoben (“hoven”, past participle). More at heave.

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