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Jove
Webster 1828 Edition
Jove
JOVE
,Noun.
1.
The name of the Supreme Deity among the Romans.2.
The planet jupiter. Or ask of yonder argent fields above.
Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove.
3.
The air or atmosphere, or the god of the air. And Jove descends in showers of kindly rain.
Definition 2024
Jove
Jove
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English
Proper noun
Jove
- (Roman mythology) Jupiter, god of the sky.
- 1781, [Mostyn John Armstrong], History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. Volume IX. Containing the Hundreds of Smithdon, Taverham, Tunstead, Walsham, and Wayland, volume IX, Norwich: Printed by J. Crouse, for M. Booth, bookseller, OCLC 520624543, page 51:
- BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove’s roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]
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Derived terms
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Adjective
jove m, f (masculine and feminine plural joves)
Noun
jove m, f (plural joves)
- a young person, adolescent
Noun
jove f (plural joves)