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Webster 1913 Edition
Calve
1.
To bring forth a calf.
“Their cow calveth.” Job xxi. 10.
2.
To bring forth young; to produce offspring.
Canst thou mark when the hinds do
calve
? Job xxxix. 1.
The grassy clods now
calved
. Molton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Calve
CALVE
, v.i.1.
To bring forth young, as a cow.2.
In a metaphorical sense, and sometimes by way of reproach, as when applied to the human race, to bring forth; to produce.