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Meaning of swarve | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

/swɔː(ɹ)v/

Definitions

To swerve.
UK, dialectal, obsolete
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.

See also

swarved swarves swarving swash swash someone's buckle swashbuckle