Origin of Waive
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Middle English weiven to abandon from Anglo-Norman weyver from waif ownerless property waif1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English weyven, from Old Norse veifa (“to wave, swing") (Norwegian veiva), from Proto-Germanic *waibijanÄ….
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Middle English weyven, from Anglo-Norman weyver (“to abandon, allow to become a waif"), from weyf (“waif").
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From Anglo-Norman waive, probably as the past participle of weyver, as Etymology 1, above.
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Variant forms.
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Waive Sentence Examples
Some dentists waive this additional fee.
The clothing store will only waive their return policy in extreme cases.
We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we honestly bestow elsewhere.
Napoleon offered to make Joseph king of Lombardy if he would waive all claim of succession to the French throne, but met with a firm refusal.
Sarah hoped that the university would waive her tuition fee since her father now worked there.
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