WAIVE
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Waive (?), n. [See Waive, v. t. ] 1. A waif; a castaway. [Obs.] Donne.
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2. (O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.
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Waive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Waiving.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. Vibrate, Waif.] [Written also wave.]
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1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.
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He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all.
Chaucer.
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We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others.
Barrow.
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2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
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3. (Law) (a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses. (b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. Burrill.
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&hand_; The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. Burrill.
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Waive, v. i. To turn aside; to recede. [Obs.]
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To waive from the word of Solomon.
Chaucer.
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