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pave

[peyv] verb (used with object), paved, pav⋅ing.
1. to cover or lay (a road, walk, etc.) with concrete, stones, bricks, tiles, wood, or the like, so as to make a firm, level surface.
–noun
2. Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
3. pave the way to or for, to prepare for and facilitate the entrance of; lead up to: His analysis of the college market paved the way for their entry into textbook publishing.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME paven < MF paver < VL *pavare, for L pavīre to beat, ram, tread down
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pa⋅vé

[puh-vey, pav-ey; Fr. pa-vey] noun, plural pa⋅vés [puh-veyz, pav-eyz; Fr. pa-vey] , adverb, adjective
–noun
1. a pavement.
2. Jewelry. a setting of stones placed close together so as to show no metal between them.
–adverb
3. Jewelry. in the manner of a pavé; as a pavé: diamonds set pavé.
–adjective
4. Also, pa⋅véd, pa⋅véed. being set pavé: pavé rubies.

Origin:
1755–65; < F, ptp. of paver. See pave
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pave   (pāv)   
tr.v.   paved, pav·ing, paves
  1. To cover with a pavement.

  2. To cover uniformly, as if with pavement.

  3. To be or compose the pavement of.


[Middle English paven, from Old French paver, from Latin pavīre, to beat, tread down; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.]
pav'er n.
pa·vé   (pā-vā', pāv'ā)   
n.  A setting of precious stones placed together so closely that no metal shows: diamonds in pavé.

[French, from past participle of paver, to pave, from Old French; see pave.]
pa·vé adj.
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Word Origin & History

pave 
c.1310, "to cover with a pavement," from O.Fr. paver (12c.), from V.L. *pavare, from L. pavire "to beat, ram, tread down," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (cf. L. putare "to prune"). The fig. sense of to pave the way is attested from 1585.
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