▪ I.ave,int.andn.|ˈeɪviː,ˈɑːveɪ|Forms: 3–7 aue, 7 auee, 5– ave.[a. L. avē, 2ndsing.imp.of avēre to be or fare well, used as an expression of welcome or farewell. (In earliest use=Ave Maria.)]A.int.Hail! welcome!—Farewell! adieu!1377Langl.P. Pl. B. xvi. 151Aue raby, quod þat ribaude..And kiste hym.
1850TennysonInMem.lvii,And ‘Ave, Ave, Ave,’ said, ‘Adieu, adieu’ for evermore.
B.n.1. a.A shout of welcome.b.A farewell.1603Shakes.Meas.for M. i. i. 71Their lowd applause, and Aues vehement.
1611HeywoodGold. Age i. i.Wks.1874 III. 8The people..Have shrild their Auees high.
1634Sir T. HerbertTrav.191And for her Ave her sacrifice is bettered with..Jewels her kindred throw upon her.
2.Short for Ave Marie,q.v.c1230Ancr. R. 18Wendeð ou to vre Leafdi onlicnesse, & cneoleð mid fif auez.
c1330Kyng of Tars 1116Ur ladi with an avè he grette.
c1430Freemasonry 622Say thy pater noster and thyn ave.
1596SpenserF.Q. i. iii. 13Every day..thrise nine hundred Aves, she was wont to say.
1808ScottMarm. i. xxvi,He sleeps before his beads Have marked ten aves.
b.Ave-bell: that rung at the hours when Aves are to be said.1635E. PagittChristianogr. iii. (1636) 88Dayly after three toulings of the Ave Bell.
1849RockCh.of Fathers III. ix. 336The Ave bell, morning and evening, was instituted by Constitutions of 1347.
3. a.The time of ringing the Ave-bell.b.The beads on a rosary corresponding to the number of Aves repeated.1463Bury Wills (1850) 29The seid chymes to goo also at the avees.
Ibid.42A peyre bedys of sylvir wtx. avees and ij. patern[oste]ris of sylvir and gilt.
▪ II.†ˈave,v.Obs.rare—1.[f.prec.;cf.to salvo.]To greet with shouts of Ave; to hail, acclaim.1611HeywoodGold. Age iii. i.Wks.1874 III. 47Wher's that Godhead With which the people Auee'd thee to heauen?
