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"text": "1566, William Addlington, translator, The Golden Asse, Apuleius\n[…] whereby the little birds weening that the spring time had bin come, did chirp and sing in their steven melodiously […]"
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"ref": "17th c., Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne",
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"ref": "a. 1886, Eric Mackay, Love Lett. Violinist (1895) 197",
"text": "He […] lifted up his steven To keep the bulwarks of his faith secure."
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"ref": "1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII",
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"ref": "1788, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, The dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere, with the Notes of all the various Commentators",
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"text": "1566, William Addlington, translator, The Golden Asse, Apuleius\n[…] whereby the little birds weening that the spring time had bin come, did chirp and sing in their steven melodiously […]"
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"ref": "17th c., Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne",
"text": "When Little John heard his master speake, / Well knew he it was his steven."
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"text": "Then could her Sangsters loud their steven raise."
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"ref": "1826, James Hogg, Queen Hynde vi, in Poems (1865) 262",
"text": "All nature roar'd in one dire steven; Heaven cried to earth, and earth to heaven."
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"text": "Thah's a rare stevven, lad.",
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"ref": "1880, Sidney Lanier, Sir Thomas Malory, Alfred Kappes, The Boy's King Arthur",
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"ref": "a. 1886, Eric Mackay, Love Lett. Violinist (1895) 197",
"text": "He […] lifted up his steven To keep the bulwarks of his faith secure."
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"text": "To thee, lady, y make my moon; I praie thee heere my steuen."
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"ref": "1589, Thomas Lodge, Scillaes Metamorphosis E 2",
"text": "Father of light […] Bring to effect this my desired steauen.",
"type": "quotation"
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"prayer"
],
[
"command",
"command"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Request, petition, prayer, or command."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstiːvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsteɪvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɛvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈstiːvn̩]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsteɪ̯vn̩]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈstɛvn̩]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːvən"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛvən"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "steaven"
},
{
"word": "stevvon"
}
],
"word": "steven"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stebʰ-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:English/iːvən",
"Rhymes:English/iːvən/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɛvən",
"Rhymes:English/ɛvən/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*stebʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "steven",
"4": "",
"5": "appointment"
},
"expansion": "Middle English steven (“appointment”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "stefn",
"4": "",
"5": "a time, turn, tour of duty"
},
"expansion": "Old English stefn (“a time, turn, tour of duty”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*stabnijaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stabnijaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*stabnijô",
"3": "",
"4": "fixed time"
},
"expansion": "*stabnijô (“fixed time”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*stebʰ-",
"4": "",
"5": "a stake, post; to support, stamp, insist, become angry"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“a stake, post; to support, stamp, insist, become angry”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "stevene",
"3": "",
"4": "a court appointment"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German stevene (“a court appointment”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "stefna",
"3": "",
"4": "appointment, meeting"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse stefna (“appointment, meeting”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "staff"
},
"expansion": "staff",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English steven (“appointment”), from Old English stefn (“a time, turn, tour of duty”), from Proto-Germanic *stabnijaz, *stabnijô (“fixed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“a stake, post; to support, stamp, insist, become angry”). Cognate with Middle Low German stevene (“a court appointment”), Old Norse stefna (“appointment, meeting”). More at staff.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "stevens",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "steven (plural stevens)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII",
"text": "And that same nyght that the steavyn was sette betwyxte Segwarydes wyff and Sir Trystrames, so Kynge Marke armed and made hym redy …."
},
{
"ref": "1788, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, The dramatick writings of Will. Shakspere, with the Notes of all the various Commentators",
"text": "I should choose to read \"at this dull season,\" rather than this dull steven, [...]— John Monck Mason.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1894, Reginald Brimley Johnson, “Robin Hood”, in Popular British Ballads, Ancient and Modern, page 167",
"roman": "Here at some unset steven.",
"text": "Let us some masteries make,\nAnd we will walk in the woods even;\nWe may chance meet with Robin Hood",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A time, occasion."
],
"links": [
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"occasion",
"occasion"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A time, occasion."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstiːvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsteɪvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɛvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈstiːvn̩]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsteɪ̯vn̩]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈstɛvn̩]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːvən"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛvən"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "steaven"
},
{
"word": "stevvon"
}
],
"word": "steven"
}
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