bove
/bʌv/
bove preposition: above.
Preposition
bove
- Above.
- Her Sea-god syre she dearely did perswade,
T'endow her sonne with threasure and rich store,
Boue all the sonnes, that were of earthly wombes ybore.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Her Sea-god syre she dearely did perswade,
Proper noun capitalized: Bove
Bove (plural Boves)
- A surname.
- Homan, who was on the ground in Chicago, maintained it was a “criminal operation.” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove was also in Chicago on Sunday to observe immigration enforcement operations.2025 January 26, Priscilla Alvarez, Rosa Flores, “Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2025
Forms of bove
| Preposition | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 'bove |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Boves |
Origin of bove
Probably an apheretic form of above. Alternatively, this word may continue Middle English bove, boven, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from *bi (“by”) + *ufanā (“from above”). Compare West Frisian boppe, Dutch boven and Low German baven, boven.
Questions about bove
- What does bove mean?
- Bove means above.
- What part of speech is bove?
- Bove can be a preposition or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bove?
- Bove is pronounced /bʌv/.
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