daven

Borrowed from Yiddish דאַוונען‎ (davnen).

daven (third-person singular simple present davens, present participle davening, simple past and past participle davened)

1. (intransitive) to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray

• davening

• Devan, Naved, Vaden, Venda, devan, naved, vaned

From Middle Dutch *daven, further etymology uncertain. May be related to Old Saxon dovon, Old High German tobēn, but the vowel a is irregular in this case. It is found in Middle Low German daven, where it may be regular, which makes it a possible Middle Low German borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːvə(n)/

daven

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to rage, to rant
2. (intransitive, obsolete) to shake, to tremble, to waver

• daveren