davenv.

Brit.

/ˈdʌv(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈdɑvən/

Forms: 1900s– davan, 1900s– daven, 1900s– davven, 1900s– doven.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish daven.

Etymology: < Yiddish daven to pray, especially to say the regular daily prayers. Compare davening n.

1. Judaism.

a. transitive. To recite (a prayer or set of prayers).Such recitation is frequently accompanied by swaying, bending, or rocking to and fro.

ΚΠ

1947 B. M. Casper With Jewish Brigade vi. 66 In the midst of it all, they said to me: ‘Let us “davven” Minchah’.

1980 Jewish Chron. 23 May 18/2 A voice said: ‘Have you davened maariv yet?’ ‘No,’ I replied. ‘Will you make up a minyan?’

2003 Baltimore Jewish Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. 275 50 We daven minchah at Auschwitz.

b. intransitive. To pray or recite in this manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke > God, etc.

to call upon ——1483

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1953 R. Métraux tr. in M. Mead & R. Métraux Study of Culture at Distance (1962) iv. 204 They were not illiterate, because no matter how prost a Jew was, he could still daven (pray).

1959 B. Kops Hamlet of Stepney Green ii. i. 43 They all start dovening in unison and until they are a swaying wave of bodies.

1983 C. Ozick Cannibal Galaxy (1984) 89 Joseph,..come here and daven..you have not davened.

2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 260/1 Sherry is sitting on the couch and he starts to rock, almost like a rabbi davening.

2. intransitive. To sway (as if davening); to rock to and fro.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > sway

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daven1977

1977 M. Helprin Refiner's Fire i. i. 12 He was roundly, rotatingly drunk, davening in his drunkenness.

1993 N.Y. Times 18 July h28/2 Edward Strauss raises his baton and dives into the overture. He sings along, hops, makes inverted O.K. signs, laughs, flamencos, goose necks, punches air, davens, and flings his arms.

1995 Esquire Oct. 142/2 He saw alley upon alley of palms and other trees of waxen leaves, filtering the beginnings of a golden sunset and slightly davening in the wind.

Derivatives

ˈdavener n.

ΚΠ

1952 V. Gollancz My Dear Timothy xi. 98 Mixed up with this sense of it all being such fun was the idea..that some merit attached to the dávaner himself for knowing the prayers and for knowing how to say them.

2003 Jewish Weekly (Nexis) 26 Sept. 216 14 During Sunday's morning minyan..Rabbi Joseph Rosenbluh darted around the run-down sanctuary..helping daveners find the appropriate page in the book of Selichot.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	daven
释义	davenv. Brit. /ˈdʌv(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈdɑvən/ Forms: 1900s– davan, 1900s– daven, 1900s– davven, 1900s– doven. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish daven. Etymology: < Yiddish daven to pray, especially to say the regular daily prayers. Compare davening n. 1. Judaism. a. transitive. To recite (a prayer or set of prayers).Such recitation is frequently accompanied by swaying, bending, or rocking to and fro. ΚΠ 1947 B. M. Casper With Jewish Brigade vi. 66 In the midst of it all, they said to me: ‘Let us “davven” Minchah’. 1980 Jewish Chron. 23 May 18/2 A voice said: ‘Have you davened maariv yet?’ ‘No,’ I replied. ‘Will you make up a minyan?’ 2003 Baltimore Jewish Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. 275 50 We daven minchah at Auschwitz. b. intransitive. To pray or recite in this manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke > God, etc. to call upon ——1483 daven1953 1953 R. Métraux tr. in M. Mead & R. Métraux Study of Culture at Distance (1962) iv. 204 They were not illiterate, because no matter how prost a Jew was, he could still daven (pray). 1959 B. Kops Hamlet of Stepney Green ii. i. 43 They all start dovening in unison and until they are a swaying wave of bodies. 1983 C. Ozick Cannibal Galaxy (1984) 89 Joseph,..come here and daven..you have not davened. 2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 260/1 Sherry is sitting on the couch and he starts to rock, almost like a rabbi davening. 2. intransitive. To sway (as if davening); to rock to and fro. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > sway wawc888 swang1340 waltera1375 swayve1377 swayc1500 nod1578 weave1596 showd1599 swing1607 swag1608 slinger1767 wintle1786 swale1820 daven1977 1977 M. Helprin Refiner's Fire i. i. 12 He was roundly, rotatingly drunk, davening in his drunkenness. 1993 N.Y. Times 18 July h28/2 Edward Strauss raises his baton and dives into the overture. He sings along, hops, makes inverted O.K. signs, laughs, flamencos, goose necks, punches air, davens, and flings his arms. 1995 Esquire Oct. 142/2 He saw alley upon alley of palms and other trees of waxen leaves, filtering the beginnings of a golden sunset and slightly davening in the wind. Derivatives ˈdavener n. ΚΠ 1952 V. Gollancz My Dear Timothy xi. 98 Mixed up with this sense of it all being such fun was the idea..that some merit attached to the dávaner himself for knowing the prayers and for knowing how to say them. 2003 Jewish Weekly (Nexis) 26 Sept. 216 14 During Sunday's morning minyan..Rabbi Joseph Rosenbluh darted around the run-down sanctuary..helping daveners find the appropriate page in the book of Selichot. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1947
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