HAVENED

Verb

havened

simple past tense and past participle of haven

Anagrams

• Dehaven

Source: Wiktionary


Ha"vened, p. a.

Definition: Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.

HAVEN

Ha"ven, n. Etym: [AS. hæfene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MNG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to AS. hæf sea, Icel. & Sw. haf, Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.]

1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port. What shipping and what lading's in our haven. Shak. Their haven under the hill. Tennyson.

2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak. The haven, or the rock of love. Waller.

Ha"ven, v. t.

Definition: To shelter, as in a haven. Keats.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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