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dove | wedding |

As verbs the difference between dove and wedding

is that dove is to be obliged, compelled, or forced to; must, have to while wedding is or wedding can be to participate in a wedding.

As a noun wedding is

marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.

dove

English

(wikipedia dove)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dove, douve, duve, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
  • (politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict (as opposed to hawk).
  • * Cant. ii. 14
  • O my dove , let me hear thy voice.
    Synonyms
    * columbid * columbiform * culver * pigeon
    Derived terms
    * African Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decipiens ) * Adamawa Turtle Dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha ) * American Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura ) * Barbary Dove (Streptopelia risoria ) * Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus ) * Carolina Turtledove (Zenaida macroura ) * Carunculated Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons ) * Crimson-capped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus ) * Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus ) * cushat dove, cushat-dove * diamond dove * dovecot, dovecote * dove of peace * dovish * Dwarf Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus naina ) * Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata ) * Fischer's fruit dove (Ptilinopus fischeri ) * fruit dove, fruit-dove * Galapagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis''), (''Zenaida galapagoensis ) * Grey-headed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus ) * ground dove * Jambu Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus jambu ) * Magnificent Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus ) * Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura ) * Mourning Collared Dove (Streptopelia decipiens ) * Rain Dove (Zenaida macroura ) * release dove * Ring Dove (Streptopelia risoria ) * Ringneck Dove (Streptopelia risoria ) * rock dove * Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni ) * turtledove, turtle-dove, turtle dove * Western Turtle Dove (Zenaida macroura ) * West Peruvian Dove (Zenaida meloda ) * White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica ) * Wompoo Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus ) * Zenaida dove (Zenaida ) * Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita )

    Etymology 2

    A modern dialectal formation of the strong conjugation, by analogy with drive ? drove and weave ? wove.

    Alternative forms

    * dived

    Verb

    (head)
  • Strong-declension (dive)
  • * 2007 : Bob Harris, Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing up: A Woefully Incomplete Guide'', §: ''Africa'', ''Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d’Ivoire , page 80, ¶ 4 (first edition; Three Rivers Press; ISBN 9780307394361)
  • When coffee and cocoa prices unexpectedly dove , Côte d’Ivoire quickly went from Africa’s rich kid to crippling debtitude.
  • (non-standard)
  • Usage notes
    * See dive'' for ''dived'' vs. ''dove .

    References

    * “ dove]” listed as a North American and English dialectal past tense form of “[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50067738 dive, v.'']”, listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989 English heteronyms English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    wedding

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wedding, weddynge, from (etyl) . Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1885 , , Volume 14,
  • Accordingly the Prince, accepting her largesse, sought the King to whom he had pledged his parents (and they were still with him in all weal and welfare) and going in to him made his salam and kissed ground and told him the whole tale of the past and the conditions of death or marriage he had made with the King's daughter and of his wedding her after overcoming her in contention.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Marriage ceremony; ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
  • Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."
  • * 1858 , ,
  • Simple and brief was the wedding , as that of Ruth and of Boaz.
  • * 1909 , , Chapter XXIV,
  • Rumor has it that there will be a wedding in our village ere the daisies are in bloom.
  • * 1922', ,
  • After the wedding there was singing and concertina-playing in the laundry till late evening.
  • Joining of two or more parts.
  • The wedding of our three companies took place last week.
  • * 1900 , Eve Emery Dye, McLoughlin and Old Oregon , 2005 facsimile edition, page 56,
  • That wedding of the fur companies is historic.
  • * 1991 , Richard M. Merelman, Partial Visions: Culture and Politics in Britain, Canada, and the United States , page 162,
  • Significantly, Grand Metropolitan elaborates upon the wedding of tradition and consumer narcissim that is the distinctively British version of private-sector collective representations;.
  • * 2000 , Benton E. Gup, New Financial Architecture: Banking Regulation in the 21st Century , page 221,
  • The wedding of commercial with universal banking would result in more careful project evaluation and selection and a closer monitoring of existing loans.
  • * 2002 , Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff, Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895 , page 176,
  • The wedding of black brass bands and orchestras to jubilee concert companies was a consolidation that favored both promoters and musicians.
    Derived terms
    * * blood wedding * destination wedding * penny wedding * wedding band * wedding gift * wedding ring * wedding bells * wedding breakfast * wedding cake * wedding day * wedding dress * wedding finger * wedding gown * wedding party * wedding planner * wedding reception * wedding vow * weddingzilla

    See also

    * bride * engagement * groom * honeymoon * hymeneal * marriage * marry * wed

    Etymology 2

    Conversion of (wedding) (noun) to verb.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To participate in a wedding.
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  • Usage notes
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