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Meaning of swarve | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
swɔː(ɹ)v

Definitions

  1. To swerve.
    UK, dialectal, obsolete
  2. To climb.
    UK, dialectal, obsolete

Examples

“I holde it meet that there were onelye sewerties taken of them , and one bounde for another , wherbye , if anye shall swarve , his sewerties shall for safegarde of ther bandes bringe hyme in , or seeke to serve upon him”
“Feede your eyes (quod you) the reason from my wisdom swarveth, / I stared on you both, and yet my belly starveth.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

swarved swarves swarving swash swash someone's buckle swashbuckle

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