dolve

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A form of delve — To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.

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Meanings

verb
  1. obsoletepastsimple past of delve

    And wo worth that man, that first dolue the moulde / To fynde out the myne, of syluer and golde.

    1545, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, An excellent epitaffe of syr Thomas wyat with two other compendious dytties […] , London: Iohn Herforde
    2 more examples

    And Mannaryng met, both in an Orcharde. / And Dauid the Dicar, came in wyth hys spade: / And dolue vp the Dreamer, tyl the line was made.

    1552, Thomas Camell, Camelles reioindre to Churchyarde […] , London: Hary Sutton

    […]it is not fit for the Prince to digge and dolve, and yet he can doe the greater, to make and ordaine laws: so in the Church affaires, he is not to preach, because he wanteth a calling thereunto.

    1611, Andrew Willet, chapter XII, in Hexapla, that is, A six-fold commentarie vpon the most diuine Epistle of the holy apostle S. Paul to the Romanes […] , Cambridge: Cantrell Legge, page 611

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

dolve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dolve

MLA

“dolve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dolve. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dolve,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dolve.

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