pavé

  • 11pave — ► VERB ▪ cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks. ● pave the way for Cf. ↑pave the way for DERIVATIVES paver noun paving noun. ORIGIN Old French paver …

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  • 12pave — [pāv] vt. paved, paving [ME paven < OFr paver < VL * pavare, for L pavire, to ram, beat < IE base * pēu , to strike, chop > Lith piauti, L putare, to cut] 1. to cover over the surface of (a road, etc.), as with concrete, asphalt, or… …

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  • 13Pavé — (fr.), das Steinpflaster, bes. nahe an den Häusern; au pavé (spr. o paweh), auf das Straßenpflaster gesetzt, nahrungslos gemacht …

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  • 14pave — (v.) early 14c., to cover with a pavement, from O.Fr. paver (12c.), from V.L. *pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, tread down, from PIE *pau to cut, strike, stamp (Cf. L. putare to prune, Gk. paiein to strike ). Related: Paved; paving. The… …

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  • 15pavé — /ˈpaveɪ/ (say pahvay) noun a setting in which jewels are placed close together so as to show no metal. {originally past participle of French paver pave} …

  • 16pavé — [pa vā′] n. [Fr, orig. pp. of OFr paver,PAVE] 1. Archaic pavement 2. a setting of jewelry in which the gems are placed close together so that no metal shows …

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  • 17Pavé — Pavé, frz., Steinpflaster; au p. (o paweh), auf die Gasse gesetzt, brodlos gemacht …

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  • 18pavé — [ paveɪ] noun 1》 a setting of precious stones placed so closely together that no metal shows. 2》 a paved street, road, or path. Origin Fr., lit. paved , past participle of paver …

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  • 19pavé — /fr. paˈve/ [vc. fr., propr. «lastricato, pavimentato», da paver «pavimentare»] s. m. inv. selciato, lastricato, acciottolato …

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  • 20pave — the way for …

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