ave

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  1. noun An expression of greeting or farewell.
  2. noun Roman Catholic Church Ave Maria.

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  • Splash Damage studio director Paul Wedgwood recently called into question the publisher tactic of basing financial royalties on Metacritic scores -- ave ... —  *Shacknews* Games
  • An' everything that was suggested one o' them two voices from the floor found fault with and wouldn't 'ave, and at last we 'ad to go up on deck with nothing decided upon, except to swear 'ard and fast as we knew nothing about it The only advice we can give you,' ses Joe, looking back at 'em, 'is to stay down 'ere as long as you can A'most the fust person we see on deck was the mate, an' a pretty sight he was. —  Light Freights
  • It's the fatted calf she'll 'ave--the Prodigal didn't have a bigger welcome But she is no prodigal. —  Sue, A Little Heroine
  • Fritzie's got better wire than wot we 'ave, an' more of it. —  Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army
  • "Might 'ave--might 'ave 'it 'is 'ead? —  The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories
 

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  1. Middle English, from Latin avē.

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  1. Latin, hail! orig. imperative of avere, be well, be of good cheer; especially in Late Latin phrase Ave Maria, hail Mary! in allusion to Luke i. 28: “Ave [Maria], gratia plena.”
  2. from ave, interj.
 

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