英语词汇“waive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	waive
释义	waive \ˈwāv\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English weiven, from Old North French weyver, from waif lost, unclaimed — more at waif 1. : to declare (as a woman failing to defend an accusation) outside the benefit and protection of feudal law 2. a. archaic : to give up (as a position, custom, or intention) : forsake < waived his intention of landing on that island, and steered for Ternate — James Mill > b. obsolete : to withdraw (as a motion) formally 3. : to throw away (stolen goods) : abandon — compare waif I 1b 4. archaic : to shunt aside (as a danger or duty) : evade, decline < the most effectual mode of … waiving all discussions — Sir Walter Scott > < 'tis still the wiser way to waive contention with superior sway — Alexander Pope > 5. obsolete : to neglect to take advantage of : disregard 6. a. : to relinquish voluntarily (as a legal right) < waive a jury trial > < waive fulfillment of certain onerous provisions of a contract > b. : to refrain from pressing or enforcing (as a claim or rule) : dispense with : forgo < waive a portion of the tax due > < waives his opposition to the bill > < waive the customary formalities > < waived the club rules to admit him > 7. : to put off from immediate consideration : defer, postpone < waiving this theory for the present, let us resume the inquiry — John Marshall > 8. : to dismiss (as a person or thought) with or as if with a wave of the hand < evils … are not magically waived out of existence — John Dewey > < waive the whole business aside — O.S.J.Gogarty > < said “no” and waived them off — E.L.Masters > Synonyms: see relinquish
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