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  • 1 errō

        errō āvī, ātus, āre,    to wander, stray, rove, roam: cum vagus et exsul erraret: non certis passibus, O.: circum villulas nostras: per urbem, L.— Pass impers.: solis erratur in agris, V.—Of things: quae (stellae) errantes nominarentur, planets: Stellae sponte suā iussaene errent, H.: ubi flexibus errat Mincius, V.: pulmonibus errat Ignis edax, spreads, O.: extremus si quis super halitus errat, flutters, V.: errantibus oculis, wavering, V.: relegens errata retrorsus Litora, V.: erratas dicere terras, O.—To miss the way, lose oneself, go astray: qui erranti monstrat viam, Enn. ap. C.: errare viā, V.—Fig., to wander, stray at random: ne errare cogatur oratio: errans sententia: dubiis adfectibus errat, O.: ne tuus erret honos, be in doubt, O.—To be in error, err, mistake, go wrong, go astray: de nostris verbis, T.: totā viā, T.: non totā re, sed temporibus: procul, S.: valde: cum Platone: errare, si sperent, etc., Cs.: te errantem persequi, S.: errans in ahenos fetūs natura, producing monsters, L.: Teneo quid erret, T.: errabant tempora, in chronology, O.— Pass impers.: si fuit errandum, O.: si erratur in nomine: et in cognomine erratum sit, L.
    * * *
    I
    errare, erravi, erratus V
    wander, go astray; make a mistake, err; vacillate
    II
    truant; vagabond, wanderer

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  • 2 percursō

        percursō —, —, āre, freq.    [percurro], to rove about: finibus nostris, L.

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  • 3 per-vagor

        per-vagor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to wander over, range through, rove about, overrun: hic praedonum naviculae pervagatae sunt: natio pervagata bello orbem terrarum, L.—Fig., to spread out, extend, be known: quod usque ad ultimas terras pervagatum est.—To spread through, pervade: timores omnium mentes pervagantur.

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  • 4 vagor

        vagor ātus, ārī, dep.    [vagus], to stroll about, go to and fro, ramble, wander, roam, range, rove: huc et illuc passim: totā Asiā: Germani iam latius vagabantur, Cs.: manes per tot domos ad petendas poenas vagati, L.: vagantur per arva boves, O.: luna isdem spatiis vagatur quibus Sol: late vagatus est ignis, L.—Fig., to wander, roam, be lost, waver, spread, extend, be diffused: quorum vagetur animus errore: verba ita soluta, ut vagentur, i. e. are irregular in movement: deinde nostro instituto vagabimur, i. e. expatiate: Idcircone vager scribamque licenter, H.: ea fama vagatur, spreads, V.: vagantur Milia rumorum, circulate, O.
    * * *
    vagari, vagatus sum V DEP
    wander, roam

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  • 5 pervagor

    pervagari, pervagatus sum V DEP
    wander or range through, rove about; pervade, spread widely; extend

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  • 6 erro

    to wander, stray, rove / be mistaken, err, go astray.

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  • 7 circum volito

    circum-vŏlĭto or circum vŏlĭto, āvi, 1, v. a. and n. (mostly post-Aug.).
    I.
    Prop., to fly around something: lacus circumvolitavit hirundo, * Verg. G. 1, 377: thyma, * Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21.— Absol.:

    circumvolitantium alitum,

    Tac. H. 2, 50.—
    II.
    In gen., of men, to rove about a place, to hover around; absol.: et circumvolitant equites, * Lucr. 2, 329; Sil. 9, 420:

    limina potentiorum, Col. praef. 1, § 9: agmina infestorum equitum ad conquirendas proscriptorum latebras circumvolitantia,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 3.

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  • 8 circumvolito

    circum-vŏlĭto or circum vŏlĭto, āvi, 1, v. a. and n. (mostly post-Aug.).
    I.
    Prop., to fly around something: lacus circumvolitavit hirundo, * Verg. G. 1, 377: thyma, * Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 21.— Absol.:

    circumvolitantium alitum,

    Tac. H. 2, 50.—
    II.
    In gen., of men, to rove about a place, to hover around; absol.: et circumvolitant equites, * Lucr. 2, 329; Sil. 9, 420:

    limina potentiorum, Col. praef. 1, § 9: agmina infestorum equitum ad conquirendas proscriptorum latebras circumvolitantia,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 3.

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  • 9 concurso

    con-curso, āre, v. freq. n. and a.
    I.
    To come violently together, to rush together, clash:

    concursare, coire et dissultare vicissim (semina),

    Lucr. 3, 396.—Far more freq. and class.,
    II.
    To go to and fro, run about, rush hither and thither, travel about (cf. commeo).
    A.
    Neutr.:

    nunc hinc, nunc illinc,

    Lucr. 2, 215:

    Titurius trepidare, concursare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33:

    concursabant barbatuli juvenes,

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    dies noctesque,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 81; Liv. 4, 6, 9; 5, 8, 8:

    circum tabernas,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

    per viam,

    Liv. 9, 24, 12: cum concursant ceteri praetores, to travel about (corresp. with tempus in itineribus consumere), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; and impers. pass.:

    in his administrandis rebus quam maxime concursari jubet,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 50. —
    2.
    In milit. lang., to skirmish: in proelio, [p. 406] Liv. 28, 2, 7; cf. concursatio, III. 2., and concursator.—
    B.
    Act.: concursare aliquid, to rove or ramble somewhere, to visit a place, to frequent (only in Cic.; sometimes interchanged with circumcurso;

    v. h. v.): cum jam hoc novo more omnes fere domos omnium concursent,

    to go from house to house, Cic. Mur. 21, 44:

    concursare et obire provinciam (praetores),

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 80; cf.

    the preced.: concursare omnium mortalium non modo lectos, verum etiam grabatos,

    id. Div. 2, 63, 129; cf.:

    concursare lecticula mecum,

    id. Fam. 7, 1, 5.

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  • 10 erro

    1.
    erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [root er-, to go; desiderative forms, erchomai (ersk-); and Lat. (ers-o) erro, to seek to reach; hence, to wander; cf. Germ. irren; Engl. err, etc., v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 546 sq.].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Prop., to wander, to wander or stray about, to wander up and down, to rove (freq. and class.; cf.

    vagor, palor): propter te errans patria careo,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 16; cf.:

    cum vagus et exsul erraret,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    ignari hominumque locorumque Erramus vento huc et vastis fluctibus acti,

    Verg. A. 1, 333; cf. id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 200; Ov. M. 3, 175; id. F. 2, 335 et saep.:

    circum villulas nostras,

    Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3:

    pios per lucos,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 7:

    inter audaces lupus errat agnos,

    id. ib. 3, 18, 13; cf.

    of beasts,

    id. S. 1, 8, 35; id. Epod. 2, 12; Verg. E. 1, 9; 2, 21; 6, 40; id. G. 4, 11 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    male tum Libyae solis erratur in agris,

    Verg. G. 3, 249.—Prov.:

    in media luce errare,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 3.—
    b.
    Transf., of inanimate things:

    (stellae) quae errantes et quasi vagae nominantur,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14;

    so of the planets,

    id. N. D. 2, 20; 3, 20; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 12; Vulg. Jud. 13; cf.

    of the motion of the stars in gen.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17:

    Cocytus errans flumine languido,

    id. C. 2, 14, 18; cf. Verg. G. 3, 14:

    errantesque per altum Cyaneae,

    Val. Fl. 4, 561:

    hic lintres errare videres,

    Ov. F. 2, 391:

    vidi ad frontem sparsos errare capillos,

    i. e. flying about, Prop. 2, 1, 7; cf. id. 2, 22, 9:

    errantia lumina,

    i. e. moving fitfully about, Prop. 3, 14, 27 (4, 13, 27 M.); cf. Stat. Th. 10, 150:

    pulmonibus errat Ignis edax,

    i. e. spreads, runs about, Ov. M. 9, 201 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop., to wander, stray at random: ne vagari et errare cogatur oratio, Cic. de Or., 48, 209; cf.: erraus et vaga sententia (opp. stabilis certaque), id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    eo fit, ut errem et vager latius,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 66:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    errans opinio (opp. stabilis conscientia),

    id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

    dubiis affectibus errat,

    Ov. M. 8, 473:

    ne tuus erret honos,

    be in doubt, uncertain, id. F. 1, 468; cf. id. ib. 3, 543.— Poet., with a rel.-clause:

    erro, quam insistas viam,

    I am uncertain, in doubt, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 197; cf.:

    inter recens et vetus sacramentum,

    i. e. to hesitate, vacillate, Tac. H. 4, 58.—
    B.
    In partic., to miss the right way, to lose one's self, go astray (in the literal sense rarely, but in the trop. freq. and class.).
    1.
    Lit.: homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51:

    errare viā,

    Verg. A. 2, 739:

    maledictus qui errare facit caecum in itinere,

    Vulg. Deut. 27, 18.—
    2.
    Trop., to wander from the truth, to err, mistake:

    avius errat Saepe animus,

    Lucr. 3, 463; cf. id. 2, 740:

    totā erras viā,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 14; cf.:

    in eo non tu quidem totà re, sed temporibus errasti,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 9 fin.:

    longe,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40; cf.

    procul,

    Sall. J. 85, 38 Kritz. N. cr.:

    errant probe,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 20:

    vehementer,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103:

    valde,

    id. de Or. 2, 19, 83 et saep.:

    errare malo cum Platone quam cum istis vera sentire,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 39; cf. id. Balb. 28, 64:

    erras, si id credis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 53; so with si, id. Hec. 4, 4, 60; Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 5; 7, 29, 2 et saep.:

    de nostris verbis errat,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 22:

    in aliqua re,

    Quint. 6, 3, 112; 10, 2, 21; 11, 1, 81 al.:

    in alteram partem,

    id. 10, 1, 26; cf.:

    in alienos fetus,

    Liv. 31, 12, 8.—Less freq. with acc. of a neutr. pronoun:

    mone, quaeso, si quid erro,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 30; so with quid, Ter. And. 3, 2, 18; Quint. 2, 5, 16; 2, 3, 11; 2, 6, 6:

    hoc,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 21.— Poet. also with the acc. of a noun:

    errabant tempora,

    i. e. in chronology, Ov. F. 3, 155.— Pass. impers.:

    si fuit errandum,

    Ov. H. 7, 109:

    si nihil esset erratum,

    Quint. 6, 5, 7:

    si erratur in nomine,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 20 fin.; cf.:

    tutius circa priores erratur,

    Quint. 2, 5, 26:

    uno verbo esse erratum,

    id. 7, 3, 17. —Sometimes, in a palliative manner, of moral error, to err through mistake:

    pariter te errantem et illum sceleratissimum persequi,

    Sall. J. 102, 5; cf. id. ib. 104, 4. —Hence,
    b.
    errātum, i, n., an error, mistake, fault:

    illud de Flavio et fastis, si secus est, commune erratum est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 18; cf. id. ib. 13, 44 fin.:

    cujus errato nulla venia, recte facto exigua laus proponitur,

    id. Agr. 2, 2, 5; id. Fam. 5, 20, 8:

    nullum ob totius vitae non dicam vitium, sed erratum,

    id. Clu. 48; cf. id. Lig. 1; id. Sull. 23; and in plur., id. Fam. 16, 21, 2; Sall. J. 102, 10; Ov. Pont. 2, 3, 66.—
    II.
    Act. in Aug. poets (only in part. perf.), to wander over or through:

    immensum est erratas dicere terras,

    Ov. F. 4, 573:

    ager,

    id. ib. 3, 655:

    orbis,

    Val. Fl. 4, 447:

    litora,

    Verg. A. 3, 690.
    2.
    erro, ōnis, m. [1. erro], a wanderer, vagabond, vagrant, Tib. 2, 6, 6; Ov. H. 15, 53.—Used esp. of slaves:

    ut errones aliquem cujus dicantur invenient,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 5; Edict. Aedil. ap. Gell. 4, 2, 1; Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 14; 49, 16, 4 fin.; Hor. S. 2, 7, 113.—Of the queen-bee:

    dux,

    Col. 9, 10 fin. —Of the planets, Nigid. ap. Gell. 3, 10, 2; 14, 1, 11.— Of vagabond soldiers:

    nec nostros servire sinant errorribus agros,

    Verg. Dir. 70 Rib.

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  • 11 oberro

    ŏb-erro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., to wander, rove, or ramble about a place ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oberrare tentoriis,

    Tac. A. 1, 65:

    ignotis locis,

    Curt. 6, 5, 18:

    mustela quae in domibus nostris oberrat,

    Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 60:

    dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberrat,

    Pers. 4, 26.—
    B.
    Transf.:

    crebris oberrantibus rivis,

    Curt. 3, 4, 12.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To flit, hover before one:

    mihi monstrum oberrat,

    hovers before my eyes, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1280:

    cum tanti periculi... imago oculis oberraret,

    Curt. 8, 6, 26.—
    B.
    To err, mistake:

    ut citharoedus Ridetur, chordā qui semper oberrat eādem,

    blunders at, Hor. A. P. 356.

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  • 12 obvolito

    ob-vŏlĭto, āre, v. n., to fly or flit around, to run or rove about:

    in foro obvolitare,

    Porc. Latro Declam. 11:

    palam,

    id. ib. 32.

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  • 13 percurso

    percurso, āre, v. freq. a. and n. [id.].
    I.
    Act., to run or range through, ramble over (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    ripas,

    Plin. Pan. 12, 11.—
    II.
    Neutr., to range or rove about:

    finibus nostris,

    Liv. 23, 42, 10.

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  • 14 peregrinor

    pĕrĕgrīnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [id.], to be or live in foreign parts, to sojourn abroad, to travel about (class.; cf.: peragro, migro).
    I.
    Lit.:

    peregrinari totā Asiā,

    Cic. Brut. 13, 51:

    in alienā civitate,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:

    in terrā,

    Vulg. Gen. 47, 4. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To go abroad, to travel about; to roam, rove, or wander about:

    haec studia pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur,

    Cic. Arch. 7, 16: animus late longeque peregrinatur, id. N. D 1, 20, 54:

    in infinitatem omnem,

    to roam through all infinity, id. Tusc. 5, 39, 114.—
    B.
    To be abroad, be a stranger, a sojourner (cf. peregrinus, B.):

    philosophiae quasi civitatem dare, quae quidem adhuc peregrinari Romae videbatur,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 12, 40:

    vestrae peregrinantur aures?

    id. Mil. 12, 33.—With ab, to be absent from, a stranger to:

    a corpore, a Dei regno,

    Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 12, § 17; id. de Isaac et An. 5, 17; so,

    a Domino,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 6; cf. id. ib. 5, 8.

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  • 15 pervagor

    per-văgor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a., to wander or range through, to rove about, overrun (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    hic praedonum naviculae pervagatae sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 98:

    iis imperat, ut omnibus in locis pervagentur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

    natio pervagata bello prope orbem terrarum,

    Liv. 38, 17; 1, 29.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To spread out, extend:

    quod in exteris nationibus usque ad ultimas terras pervagatum est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:

    ardores in agris pervagantes,

    Vitr. 2, 6.—
    B.
    To spread through, pervade:

    timores omnium mentes pervagantur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 32:

    dolor omnia membra pervagabatur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 6; 6, 10, 3.—
    C.
    To be widely spread, to become common:

    ne is honos nimium pervagetur,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 39, 113.—Hence, pervăgātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Spread out, wide-spread, well known:

    longe et late pervagata anteponantur angustis,

    Cic. Top. 18, 69:

    pervagatissimus versus,

    id. Or. 43, 147:

    declamatio,

    id. Planc. 19, 47:

    sermo,

    id. Mil. 12, 33; cf. id. de Or. 1, 36, 165:

    gloria,

    id. Marcell. 8, 26.—
    B.
    Common, general:

    pervagatior pars,

    of a more general nature, Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 47.

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  • 16 vagor

    1.
    văgor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [vagus], to stroll about, go to and fro, to ramble, wander, roam, range, rove (class.; syn.: erro, palor).
    I.
    Lit.:

    enim metuo ut possim reicere (boves) in bubile, ne vagentur,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 18:

    quae (natura) efficiat volucres huc illuc passim vagantes,

    Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80:

    cum in agris homines passim bestiarum more vagabantur,

    id. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

    tota Asia vagatur, volitat ut rex,

    id. Phil. 11, 2, 6:

    volitabit et vagabitur in foro,

    Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51:

    toto foro,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184; id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23):

    totā urbe,

    Verg. A. 4, 68:

    tibicines feriati vagantur per urbem,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.:

    Germani latius jam vagabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 6; 1, 2; id. B. C. 1, 59:

    libera vagandi facultas,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 32:

    qui populabundi in finibus Romanorum vagabantur,

    Liv. 3, 5, 13; 2, 60, 2:

    ad quattuor milia hominum frumentatum egressa cum in agris passim vagarentur,

    id. 36, 39, 20; 3, 58, 11; Ov. F. 1, 545; Quint. 5, 9, 12:

    canes circum tecta vagantur,

    Verg. G. 3, 540; id. A. 5, 560:

    circum vicos ludibundus,

    Suet. Ner. 26:

    ultra Terminum curis vagor expeditis,

    Hor. C. 1, 22, 11.—Of inanimate things:

    luna isdem spatiis vagatur quibus Sol,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

    stellae sponte suā, jussaene vagentur et errent,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17 (cf.:

    stellae quae errantes et quasi vagae nominantur,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22):

    late vagatus est ignis,

    Liv. 5, 42, 2; cf. id. 44, 29, 6.—
    * (β).
    Poet., with acc.:

    Ino etiam primā terras aetate vagata est,

    i. e. wandered through the earth, Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 19 (al. fugata est).—
    II.
    Trop., to wander about, roam, be unsettled, waver, spread abroad, diffuse itself, etc.:

    speremus nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

    etiam cum manent corpore, animo tamen excurrunt et vagantur,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 7:

    quorum vagetur animus errore,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 7:

    ne vagari et errare cogatur oratio,

    id. de Or. 1, 48, 209:

    eo fit, ut errem et vager latius,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf. id. Div. 1, 40 88:

    verba ita soluta, ut vagentur,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 176; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:

    idcircone vager scribamque licenter,

    Hor. A. P. 265:

    non vagans oratio, sed defixa in unā re publicā,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 22:

    video, qui de agri culturā scripserunt... latius vagatos,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13:

    Viennensium vitia inter ipsos residunt, nostra late vagantur,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 7:

    ea fama vagatur,

    is spread abroad, Verg. A. 2, 17; cf. Ov. M. 12, 54:

    quare mors immatura vagatur,

    Lucr. 5, 221:

    vagantibus Graeciae fabulis,

    i. e. variously related, fluctuating, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.
    2.
    vāgor, ōris, m. [vagio], a sounding, sound:

    vagorem pro vagitu, Enn. (16, 32): qui clamos oppugnantis vagore volanti, Lucr. (2, 577),

    Fest. p. 375; cf. Non. 184, 22.

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  • 17 Staphylinidae

    ENG rove beetles
    NLD kortschildkevers
    GER Kurzflugler
    FRA staphylins

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  • Rove — Rove, n. The act of wandering; a ramble. [1913 Webster] In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt. Young. [1913 Webster] {Rove beetle} (Zo[ o]l.), any one of numerous species of beetles of the family {Staphylinid[ae]}, having short elytra beneath… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rove — Rove, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roving}.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See {Reave}, {Rob}.] 1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy. [Obs.] Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rove — ist der Familienname von: Karl Rove (* 1950), US amerikanischer Politiker Kristiina Rove (* 1990), finnische Skirennläuferin Olavi Rove (1915–1966), finnischer Turner und Olympiasieger Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • rove — [rəuv US rouv] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from rave to wander (14 19 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] written to travel from one place to another = ↑roam ▪ a salesman roving the country 2.) roving reporter …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Rove — Rove, v. t. 1. To wander over or through. [1913 Webster] Roving the field, I chanced A goodly tree far distant to behold. milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rove — (r[=o]v), v. t. [perhaps fr. or akin to reeve.] 1. To draw through an eye or aperture. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. Jamieson. [1913 Webster] 3. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rove — (r[=o]v), n. 1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building. [1913 Webster] 2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rove — [ rouv ] verb intransitive or transitive MAINLY LITERARY 1. ) to move around an area without a definite direction or purpose: ROAM 2. ) if your eyes rove around a place, you look all around it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rove — (v.) to wander with no fixed destination, 1530s, possibly a Midlands dialectal variant of northern English and Scottish rave to wander, stray, from M.E. raven, probably from O.N. rafa to wander, rove. Influenced by ROVER (Cf. rover). Earliest… …   Etymology dictionary

  • rove — rove1 [rōv] vi. roved, roving [ME roven, orig. an archery term as vt. < ?] 1. to wander about; go from place to place, esp. over an extensive area, with no particular course or destination; roam 2. to look around: said of the eyes vt. to… …   English World dictionary

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