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Definition of Waive

1. Verb. Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. "Relinquish the old ideas"

2. Verb. Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. "Forfeited property"

Definition of Waive

1. n. A waif; a castaway.

2. v. t. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.

3. v. i. To turn aside; to recede.

4. n. A waif; a castaway.

5. v. t. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.

6. v. i. To turn aside; to recede.

Definition of Waive

1. Verb. (obsolete) To outlaw (someone). ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something). ¹

3. Verb. (transitive legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. ¹

4. Verb. (rare) To put aside, avoid. ¹

5. Verb. (obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To stray, wander. ¹

7. Noun. (obsolete legal) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman. ¹

8. Noun. (obsolete form of waif) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Waive

1. to give up intentionally [v WAIVED, WAIVING, WAIVES]

Medical Definition of Waive

1. 1. A waif; a castaway. 2. A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, 3, and the Note. See: Waive. 1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. "He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all." (Chaucer) "We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others." (Barrow) 2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert. 3. To desert; to abandon. The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. Origin: OE. Waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. Weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. Origin; cf. Icel. Veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. Vip to tremble. Cf. Vibrate, Waif Alternative forms: wave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Waive

waitperson waitpersons waitress waitress mom waitress moms waitressed waitresses waitressing waitressy waitron

waitrons waits waitstaff waitstaffs waivable waive (current term) waived waiver waivered waiverer

waiverers waivering waivers waives waiving waivode waivodes waivure waiwode waiwodes

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