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