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[hey-vuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | a harbor or port. |
| 2. | any place of shelter and safety; refuge; asylum. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to shelter, as in a haven. |
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME; OE hæfen; c. D haven, G Hafen, ON hǫfn; akin to OE hæf, ON haf sea
bef. 1050; ME; OE hæfen; c. D haven, G Hafen, ON hǫfn; akin to OE hæf, ON haf sea
Related forms:
ha⋅ven⋅less, adjective
ha⋅ven⋅ward, adverb
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| ha·ven (hā'vən) n.
To put into or provide with a haven. [Middle English, from Old English hæfen; see kap- in Indo-European roots.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Haven
Ha"ven\, n. [AS. h[ae]fene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MNG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. h["o]fn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to AS. h[ae]f 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.Haven
Ha"ven\, v. t. To shelter, as in a haven. --Keats.
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Language Translation for : haven
Spanish:
puerto; refugio,
German:
der Hafen, der Zufluchtsort,
Japanese:
港
haven
O.E. hæfen, from O.N. hofn, from P.Gmc. *khafnaz (cf. M.L.G. havene, Ger. Hafen), perhaps from PIE *kap- "to seize, hold contain" (see have), but cf. also O.N. haf, O.E. hæf "sea." Figurative sense of "refuge," now practically the only sense, is c.1225.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Haven
a harbour (Ps. 107:30; Acts 27: 12). The most famous on the coast of Palestine was that of Tyre (Ezek. 27:3). That of Crete, called "Fair Havens," is mentioned Acts 27:8.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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