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ha⋅ven

  [hey-vuhn]
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–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

Related forms:
ha⋅ven⋅less, adjective
ha⋅ven⋅ward, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See harbor.
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ha·ven   (hā'vən)   
n.  

  1. A harbor or anchorage; a port.

  2. A place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary.

tr.v.   ha·vened, ha·ven·ing, ha·vens
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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Word Origin & History

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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Bible Dictionary

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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