† chevechievev.
Obsolete.
1.
a. intransitive. To reach an end or object, succeed; usually with adverb well, ill, etc., to get on, fare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] > achieve an end or condition by progress
acomeOE
wina1300
chevec1300
attainc1375
reacha1400
achievec1400
geta1425
sort1543
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be or remain in specific state or condition [verb (intransitive)] > fare or get on
farec1000
chevec1300
timea1325
do1340
hapc1350
thrive?a1366
ferea1375
walka1400
chevise14..
fortunea1513
tidec1540
fend1781
go1920
c1300 Beket 856 Thanne we miȝte..The bet cheve of oure consail.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 31 And summe chosen chaffare, to cheeuen þe bettre.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1841 And nowe has þow chevede soo: it es thyne awene skathe!
c1460 Townley Myst. 108 Go forth, ylle myght thou chefe.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2098/1 One wished them ill to chieue, yt should go about such an acte.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. xviii. 363 All things went well and chieved prosperously [L. res prosperas esse].
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 10 To Chieve, to succeed: as It chieves nought with him..Fair chieve you, I wish you good luck.
b. To fare well; prosper, thrive, flourish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)]
theec888
i-thee971
bloomc1175
flower?c1225
soundfula1300
fructifya1325
timea1325
to bear the bloom1330
flourisha1340
prosperc1350
thrive?a1366
blossom1377
cheve1377
burgeona1382
likec1400
upthrivec1440
avail1523
fadge1573
to bear a great, high or lofty sail1587
blow1610
to be (also stand) in state1638
fatten1638
sagaciate1832
to be going strong1855
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 104 Ȝe, cherles, & ȝowre children chieue shal ȝe neure.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 297 Inoculing also in hem hath cheved.
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy ii. xv, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 138 If thou do contrary thy Warke may never cheve.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faire bonne fin, to thriue, cheeue, increase, or prosper well.
2. intransitive. To make or win one's way, get (to a place); to come, go, proceed: much used in alliterative verse. Also to cheve to an end: to come to an end.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > [verb (intransitive)]
nimeOE
becomec885
teec888
goeOE
i-goc900
lithec900
wendeOE
i-farec950
yongc950
to wend one's streetOE
fare971
i-wende971
shakeOE
winda1000
meteOE
wendOE
strikec1175
seekc1200
wevec1200
drawa1225
stira1225
glidea1275
kenc1275
movec1275
teemc1275
tightc1275
till1297
chevec1300
strake13..
travelc1300
choosec1320
to choose one's gatea1325
journeyc1330
reachc1330
repairc1330
wisec1330
cairc1340
covera1375
dressa1375
passa1375
tenda1375
puta1382
proceedc1392
doa1400
fanda1400
haunta1400
snya1400
take?a1400
thrilla1400
trace?a1400
trinea1400
fangc1400
to make (also have) resortc1425
to make one's repair (to)c1425
resort1429
ayrec1440
havea1450
speer?c1450
rokec1475
wina1500
hent1508
persevere?1521
pursuec1540
rechec1540
yede1563
bing1567
march1568
to go one's ways1581
groyl1582
yode1587
sally1590
track1590
way1596
frame1609
trickle1629
recur1654
wag1684
fadge1694
haul1802
hike1809
to get around1849
riddle1856
bat1867
biff1923
truck1925
c1300 St. Brandan 408 After the schip so faste he schef that almest he com therto.
1340–70 Alisaunder 78 Hee..cheued forthe with þe childe.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. i. 882 If þou sowest þe seede of a tree, ferst it chieueþ [L. pullulat] and springeþ forþ as an herbe.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 63 Þe chauntre of þe chapel cheued to an ende.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9331 Our londes haue leuyt..and chefen fro hom Vnto a cuntre vnkynd.
3. transitive. To come into possession of; gain, acquire, win.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)]
wieldeOE
haveeOE
ofgoOE
oweOE
addlec1175
winc1175
avela1200
to come by ——a1225
covera1250
oughtc1275
reachc1275
hentc1300
purchasec1300
to come to ——c1330
getc1330
pickc1330
chevise1340
fang1340
umbracec1350
chacche1362
perceivea1382
accroacha1393
achievea1393
to come at ——a1393
areach1393
recovera1398
encroach?a1400
chevec1400
enquilec1400
obtainc1422
recurec1425
to take upc1425
acquirea1450
encheve1470
sortise1474
conques?a1500
tain1501
report1508
conquest1513
possess1526
compare1532
cough1550
coff1559
fall1568
reap1581
acquist1592
accrue1594
appurchasec1600
recoil1632
to get at ——1666
to come into ——1672
rise1754
net1765
to fall in for1788
to scare up1846
access1953
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1390 Tas [= take] yow þere my cheuicaunce, I cheued no more.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1271 I schulde chepen & chose, to cheue me a lorde.
c1430 Chev. Assigne 16 That he hadde no chylde to cheuene his londis.
1614 J. Davies in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. G5 O how it garres old Wernock swynck with glee In that emprise that chiuen featest fame.]
4.
a. intransitive. To fall to, befall, happen, come to pass.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)]
becomec888
i-tidec888
falleOE
ywortheOE
i-limp975
belimpOE
i-timeOE
worthOE
tidea1131
goa1200
arearc1275
syec1275
betide1297
fere1297
risea1350
to come aboutc1350
overcomea1382
passa1393
comea1400
to come in (also to, on, etc.) placea1400
eschew?a1400
chevec1400
shapec1400
hold1462
to come (also go) to pass1481
proceed?1518
occura1522
bechance1527
overpass1530
sorta1535
succeed1537
adventurec1540
to fall toc1540
success1545
to fall forth1569
fadge1573
beword?1577
to fall in1578
happen1580
event1590
arrive1600
offer1601
grow1614
fudge1615
incur1626
evene1654
obvene1654
to take place1770
transpire1775
to go on1873
to show up1879
materialize1885
break1914
cook1932
to go down1946
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1125 If hit cheue þe chaunce vncheryst ho worþe.
a1440 Sir Degrev. 465 How as evere hit cheve; The knyght takes his leve.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 395 Hym chefet thurghe chaunse childer no mo.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 518 Auntres..Of chiualry & chaunce, þat cheuyt hym before.
b. impersonal with object in dative.
ΚΠ
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiv. 226 And if he chide or chatre, hym chieueth [v.r. cheueþ] þe worse.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 869 Hade I wytene of this, wele had me chefede.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5985 Þurghe Achilles chiualry hom cheuyt the worse.
1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle i. sig. C4 I foule chiue him, he is too merrie.
1657 A. Cokayne Obstinate Lady iii. ii. 31 Foul cheeve him for it.
5. intransitive. To do homage to. Cf. chevage n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > feudal homage or allegiance > do homage to [verb (transitive)]
chevec1330
homage?1585
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 111 Whan wrathed Steuen with Dauid of Scotland, Þat wild not tille him cheuen, no bowe vnto his hand.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 323 Grete was þat linage & many to þam cheued.
1436 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 156 God ..Sav Caleys..That ever yt mot wel cheve Unto the crown of mery Yngland, Whils that this world wyll stand.
6. transitive. To bring to an end or issue; to finish, accomplish, perform, achieve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)]
to make an endc893
afilleOE
endc975
fullOE
full-doOE
full-workOE
fullendOE
fullfremeOE
full-forthlOE
fillc1175
fulfilc1300
complec1315
asum1340
full-make1340
performa1382
finisha1400
accomplishc1405
cheve1426
upwindc1440
perfurnish?c1450
sumc1450
perimplish1468
explete?a1475
fullcome1477
consume1483
consomme1489
perimplenish1499
perfect1512
perfinish1523
complete1530
consummate1530
do1549
to run out1553
perfectionate1570
win1573
outwork1590
to bring about1598
exedifya1617
to do up1654
ratifyc1720
ultimate1849
terminate1857
1426 Pol. Poems II. 132 Gladly he chevith what so he begynne.
c1475 Partenay 597 I shall plainly do your commaundement, What-someuer cost it for to cheue.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 483/2 I cheve, I bringe to an ende, Je aschieve.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy Prol. 16 New stories ben now..Cheuyt throughe chaunce & chaungyng of peopull.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 947 Thies charmys & enchauntementes are cheuit to noght.]
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