pave

pave
verb (often be paved with) cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks.
Phrases
pave the way for create the circumstances to enable (something) to happen or be done.
Derivatives
paver noun
paving noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. paver 'pave'.

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  • pave — [peıv] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: paver, from Latin pavire to hit, press down with the foot ] 1.) to cover a path, road, area etc with a hard level surface such as blocks of stone or ↑concrete pave with ▪ The… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pave — ► VERB ▪ cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks. ● pave the way for Cf. ↑pave the way for DERIVATIVES paver noun paving noun. ORIGIN Old French paver …   English terms dictionary

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