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Webster 1913 Edition


Calve

Calve

(käv)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Calved
3;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Calving
.]
[AS.
cealfian
. See
Calf
.]
1.
To bring forth a calf.
“Their cow calveth.”
Job xxi. 10.
2.
To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
Canst thou mark when the hinds do
calve
?
Job xxxix. 1.
The grassy clods now
calved
.
Molton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Calve

CALVE

, v.i.
1.
To bring forth young, as a cow.
2.
In a metaphorical sense, and sometimes by way of reproach, as when applied to the human race, to bring forth; to produce.