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    daven
    /ˈdʌv(ə)n/

    verb

    • 1. (in Judaism) recite the prescribed liturgical prayers: "he used to daven for a full half hour"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › davenDaven Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Daven is a verb that means to recite the prescribed prayers in a Jewish liturgy. It comes from Yiddish and is sometimes spelled as doven or davened. See the word history, etymology, and usage examples of daven.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › davenDAVEN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Daven definition: to pray.. See examples of DAVEN used in a sentence.

  4. www.thefreedictionary.com › davenDaven - definition of daven by The Free Dictionary

    Daven is a verb that means to recite Jewish liturgical prayers, often in Yiddish. It can also mean to lead prayers or to pray in general. See examples, synonyms, and related terms.

  5. www.oed.com › dictionary › daven_vdaven, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    What does the verb daven mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb daven . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryDAVEN definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

    daven in American English. (ˈdɑvən ; ˈdɔvən ) verb intransitive. Judaism. to recite the prayers of the liturgy, usually with a back-and-forth swaying motion. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

  7. www.thejc.com › judaism › jewish-wordsDaven - The Jewish Chronicle

    Nov 5, 2008 · Daven is the Yiddish word for "pray," which has passed into common Jewish usage. But it doesn't quite have the same connotations as the English word. Prayer is likely to conjure up images of...

  8. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › davendaven - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jul 3, 2024 · daven (third-person singular simple present davens, present participle davening, simple past and past participle davened) ( intransitive) to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray.