roved

Variant of rove

intransitive verb roved, roving

  1. to wander about; go from place to place, esp. over an extensive area, with no particular course or destination; roam
  2. to look around: said of the eyes

Origin: ME roven, orig. an archery term as vt. < ?

transitive verb

to wander over; roam through: to rove the woods

noun

the act of roving; a ramble
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