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impave

impave verb: to pave.

Verb

impave (third-person singular simple present impaves, present participle impaving, simple past and past participle impaved)

  1. (archaic, transitive, literal or figurative) To pave.
    • Impaved with rude fidelity / Of art mosaic.1835, William Wordsworth, On revisiting Dunolly Castle

Forms of impave

third-person singular presentimpaves
present participleimpaving
past participleimpaved
pastimpaved

Origin of impave

From im- + pave?

Questions about impave

What does impave mean?
Impave means to pave.
What part of speech is impave?
Impave is a verb.
What is the past tense of impave?
The past tense of impave is impaved.

Words near impave in the dictionary

  1. impatriotic
  2. impatronize
  3. impatronized
  4. impatronizes
  5. impatronizing
  6. impave
  7. impaved
  8. impaves
  9. impavid
  10. impavidity
  11. impavidly

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