roave

English

Verb

roave (third-person singular simple present roaves, present participle roaving, simple past and past participle roaved)

1. Archaic spelling of rove.
   • I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs, John Milton (1673)

     Licence they mean when they cry libertie;

     For who loves that, must first be wise and good;

     But from that mark how far they roave we see

     For all this wast of wealth, and loss of blood.

Anagrams

• avore