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Definition of Roves
1. rove [v] - See also: rove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roves
Literary usage of Roves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Let me wander, let me rove, Still my heart is with my love ; .V. How can my poor
heart t For whare'er he distant roves, Jockey's heart is still at hame. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"We wait too long, and the imagination roves too far, before we arrive at the
concluding lines, which contain all the point and significance of the piece ..."
3. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... roves, And Douro murmurs through the flowery groves. ages, it is said, he
arrived. Egypt, however, seems to have a better title to this honour. ..."
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