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waives

waives is the plural of waive.

waives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waive.

Meaning of waive

Noun

waive (plural waives)

  1. (obsolete) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.
  2. (obsolete) A waif; a castaway.
    • But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?1624, John Donne, “13. Prayer”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, page 329

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Questions about waives

What is waives the plural of?
Waives is the plural of waive.

Words near waives in the dictionary

  1. waiverers
  2. waiveries
  3. waivering
  4. waivers
  5. waivery
  6. waives
  7. waivest
  8. waiveth
  9. waiving
  10. waivod
  11. waivode

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