rove

See also: røve

English

WOTD – 20 January 2016

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəʊv/
• IPA^(key): /ɹoʊv/
• Rhymes: -əʊv

Etymology 1

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *roven, a Midlands variant of Northern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English raven (“to wander”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse ráfa (“to rove; stray about”). Cognate with Icelandic ráfa (“to wander”), Scots rave (“to wander; stray; roam”).

Verb

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To shoot with arrows (at).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene I.3:

     And thou […] that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight so cunningly didst roue […]

2. (intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1

     Now that he was in his prime, there was no simian in all the mighty forest through which he roved that dared contest his right to rule, nor did the other and larger animals molest him.

3. (transitive) To roam or wander through.
   • Milton

     Roving the field, I chanced / A goodly tree far distant to behold.

4. (transitive) To card wool or other fibres.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

5. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
6. To draw through an eye or aperture.
7. To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
8. To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hakluyt to this entry?)

Derived terms

• rover
• roved
• roving

Related terms

• reeve

Translations

to wander about at random

• Esperanto: vagi
• Finnish: kuljeskella (fi)
• German: sich herumtreiben (de), umherschweifen (de)
• Hungarian: barangol (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: vappa
• Italian: girovagare (it), vagabondare (it)
• Russian: стра́нствовать (ru) (stránstvovatʹ), скитаться (ru) (skitatʹsja)
• Spanish: deambular (es), vagar (es)

Noun

rove (plural roves)

1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.
3. The act of wandering; a ramble.
   • Young

     In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

rove

1. simple past of rive
2. simple past of reeve

Anagrams

• -vore, Vore, over, over-, vore

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

rove

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of roven

Anagrams

• over, Voer, voer

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Finnish

Noun

rove

1. Small container made of birch bark.

Declension

Inflection of rove (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)
nominative		rove	ropeet
genitive		ropeen	ropeiden ropeitten
partitive		rovetta	ropeita
illative		ropeeseen	ropeisiin ropeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rove	ropeet
accusative	nom.	rove	ropeet
	gen.	ropeen
genitive		ropeen	ropeiden ropeitten
partitive		rovetta	ropeita
inessive		ropeessa	ropeissa
elative		ropeesta	ropeista
illative		ropeeseen	ropeisiin ropeihin
adessive		ropeella	ropeilla
ablative		ropeelta	ropeilta
allative		ropeelle	ropeille
essive		ropeena	ropeina
translative		ropeeksi	ropeiksi
abessive		ropeetta	ropeitta
instructive		—	ropein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rove (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ropeeni ropeeni accusative nom. ropeeni ropeeni gen. ropeeni genitive ropeeni ropeideni ropeitteni partitive rovettani ropeitani inessive ropeessani ropeissani elative ropeestani ropeistani illative ropeeseeni ropeisiini ropeihini adessive ropeellani ropeillani ablative ropeeltani ropeiltani allative ropeelleni ropeilleni essive ropeenani ropeinani translative ropeekseni ropeikseni abessive ropeettani ropeittani instructive — — comitative — ropeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ropeesi ropeesi accusative nom. ropeesi ropeesi gen. ropeesi genitive ropeesi ropeidesi ropeittesi partitive rovettasi ropeitasi inessive ropeessasi ropeissasi elative ropeestasi ropeistasi illative ropeeseesi ropeisiisi ropeihisi adessive ropeellasi ropeillasi ablative ropeeltasi ropeiltasi allative ropeellesi ropeillesi essive ropeenasi ropeinasi translative ropeeksesi ropeiksesi abessive ropeettasi ropeittasi instructive — — comitative — ropeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ropeemme ropeemme accusative nom. ropeemme ropeemme gen. ropeemme genitive ropeemme ropeidemme ropeittemme partitive rovettamme ropeitamme inessive ropeessamme ropeissamme elative ropeestamme ropeistamme illative ropeeseemme ropeisiimme ropeihimme adessive ropeellamme ropeillamme ablative ropeeltamme ropeiltamme allative ropeellemme ropeillemme essive ropeenamme ropeinamme translative ropeeksemme ropeiksemme abessive ropeettamme ropeittamme instructive — — comitative — ropeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ropeenne ropeenne accusative nom. ropeenne ropeenne gen. ropeenne genitive ropeenne ropeidenne ropeittenne partitive rovettanne ropeitanne inessive ropeessanne ropeissanne elative ropeestanne ropeistanne illative ropeeseenne ropeisiinne ropeihinne adessive ropeellanne ropeillanne ablative ropeeltanne ropeiltanne allative ropeellenne ropeillenne essive ropeenanne ropeinanne translative ropeeksenne ropeiksenne abessive ropeettanne ropeittanne instructive — — comitative — ropeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ropeensa ropeensa accusative nom. ropeensa ropeensa gen. ropeensa genitive ropeensa ropeidensa ropeittensa partitive rovettaan rovettansa ropeitaan ropeitansa inessive ropeessaan ropeessansa ropeissaan ropeissansa elative ropeestaan ropeestansa ropeistaan ropeistansa illative ropeeseensa ropeisiinsa ropeihinsa adessive ropeellaan ropeellansa ropeillaan ropeillansa ablative ropeeltaan ropeeltansa ropeiltaan ropeiltansa allative ropeelleen ropeellensa ropeilleen ropeillensa essive ropeenaan ropeenansa ropeinaan ropeinansa translative ropeekseen ropeeksensa ropeikseen ropeiksensa abessive ropeettaan ropeettansa ropeittaan ropeittansa instructive — — comitative — ropeineen ropeinensa

Synonyms

• tuokkonen

Anagrams

• vero