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cheve

cheve verb: to come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed.

Verb

cheve (third-person singular simple present cheves, present participle cheving, simple past and past participle cheved)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed.
    • to cheve well in an enterprise
    • All things went well and chieved prosperously1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book X.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […]...

Forms of cheve

third-person singular presentcheves
present participlecheving
past participlecheved
pastcheved

Origin of cheve

From Middle English cheven, from Old French chevir. See chievance.

Questions about cheve

What does cheve mean?
Cheve means to come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed.
What part of speech is cheve?
Cheve is a verb.
What is the past tense of cheve?
The past tense of cheve is cheved.

Words near cheve in the dictionary

  1. chevauchée
  2. chevauchées
  3. chevaux
  4. chevaux de frise
  5. chevda
  6. cheve
  7. Cheveley
  8. chevelure
  9. chevelures
  10. cheven
  11. chevened

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