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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Waive  \Waive\,  n.  [See  {Waive},  v.  t.  ] 
  1.  A  waif;  a  castaway.  [Obs.]  --Donne. 
 
  2.  (O.  Eng.  Law)  A  woman  put  out  of  the  protection  of  the 
  law.  See  {Waive},  v.  t.,  3 
  (b),  and  the  Note. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Waive  \Waive\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Waived};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Waiving}.]  [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}.]  [Written  also  {wave}.] 
  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.  (Law) 
  a  To  throw  away  to  relinquish  voluntarily,  as  a  right 
  which  one  may  enforce  if  he  chooses. 
  b  (O.  Eng.  Law)  To  desert;  to  abandon.  --Burrill. 
 
  Note:  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.  --Burrill. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Waive  \Waive\,  v.  i. 
  To  turn  aside;  to  recede.  [Obs.] 
 
  To  waive  from  the  word  of  Solomon.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  waive 
  v  1:  do  without  "We  are  dispensing  with  formalities"  [syn:  {relinquish}, 
  {forgo},  {foreswear},  {dispense  with}] 
  2:  lose  or  lose  the  right  to  by  some  error,  offense,  or  crime 
  [syn:  {forfeit},  {give  up},  {throw  overboard},  {render},  {forgo}] 
  [ant:  {claim}] 




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