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Pav'e \Pa`v['e]"\, n. [F., from paver to pave. See {Pave}.]
The pavement.
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{Nymphe du pav['e]}, a prostitute who solicits in the street;
a streetwalker. [A low euphemism.]
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Pave \Pave\ (p[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paved} (p[=a]vd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Paving}.] [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from
L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr. pai`ein to
beat, strike.]
1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so
as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for
vehicles, horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel
on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material;
as, to pave a street; to pave a court.
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With silver paved, and all divine with gold.
--Dryden.
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To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways.
--Gay.
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2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a
path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the
way for an enterprise.
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It might open and pave a prepared way to his own
title. --Bacon.
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