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/ˈheɪvənwəd/, /ˈheɪvn̩wəd/, U.S. /ˈheɪv(ə)nwərd/ Towards or in the direction of a haven.
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1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize II. xxix. 284 Though..I had held no constant course, still my progress had been havenward.
1846 Ld. Tennyson Golden Year in Poems (ed. 4) II. 90 Blowing havenward With silks, and fruits, and spices, clear of toll.
1946 J. Kleist tr. St. Ignatius of Antioch Let. to Polycarp in Epist. St. Clement of Rome & St. Ignatius of Antioch 97 As a pilot calls on winds and a storm-tossed mariner looks havenward, so the times call on you to win your way to God.
1996 J. Strauss in H. Maes-Jelinek et al. Talent(ed) Digger 168 Those are the fires of home, beacons to draw the wayfarer havenward to a safe landfall, a final discovery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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