Meanings
verbcheve (third-person singular simple present cheves, present participle cheving, simple past and past participle cheved)
present singular third person cheves · participle present cheving · participle past cheved · past cheved
- dialectalintransitiveobsoleteTo come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed.
to cheve well in an enterprise
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All things went well and chieved prosperously
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book X.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
Origin
- Old Frenchchevir
- Middle Englishcheven
- Englishcheve
From Middle English cheven, from Old French chevir. See chievance.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheve,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheve.
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