bove

See also bovë

English

Alternative forms

• 'bove

Etymology

From Old English bufan, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“by”) + *ufanē (“from above”). Cognate with Dutch boven. In later use generally intended or considered as an abbrevition of above.

Preposition

bove

1. Above.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:

     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.

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Danish

Noun

bove c

1. plural indefinite of bov

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin bos, bovem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws

Noun

bove m (plural bovi)

1. ox

Synonyms

• bue

Anagrams

• bevo

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Latin

Noun

bove

1. ablative singular of bōs