Havered vs Havened - What's the difference?
havered | havened |
(haver)
(British) To hem and haw
* 1988 , , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 154
(Scotland), Usually haiver . To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter; talking nonsense; to babble
* 1988 ,
* 2004 James Campbell, "Boswell and Mrs. Miller", in The Genius of Language (ed. Wendy Lesser), page 194
One who has, possesses etc.
* 1608 ,
(haven)
A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
* Shakespeare
* Tennyson
(by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 21
, author=Helen Pidd
, title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis
, work=the Guardian
As verbs the difference between havered and havened
is that havered is past tense of haver while havened is past tense of haven.havered
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*haver
English
Etymology 1
.Verb
(en verb)- This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered , he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.
- And if I haver''', yeah I know I’m gonna be / I’m gonna be the man who’s '''havering to you.
- She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby."
Etymology 2
.Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver : if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.
Synonyms
* holder * possessor ----havened
English
Verb
(head)haven
English
Noun
(en noun)- what shipping and what lading's in our haven
- their haven under the hill
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