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Definition of stave verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stave

verb
 
/steɪv/
 
/steɪv/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stave
 
/steɪv/
 
/steɪv/
he / she / it staves
 
/steɪvz/
 
/steɪvz/
past simple staved
 
/steɪvd/
 
/steɪvd/
past participle staved
 
/steɪvd/
 
/steɪvd/
past simple stove
 
/stəʊv/
 
/stəʊv/
past participle stove
 
/stəʊv/
 
/stəʊv/
-ing form staving
 
/ˈsteɪvɪŋ/
 
/ˈsteɪvɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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    Word OriginMiddle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent.
See stave in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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