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Salve definition: a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.. See examples of SALVE used in a sentence.
Definition of salve verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Meaning & use. 1.a. transitive. To anoint (a wound, wounded part) with salve or healing unguent. Obsolete or archaic. Delibutus, gisalbot. Fotam, sealfode. He gart seke þair sarys & þaim salue with suurgers noble. I salve, or playster a sore bodye with salves, je emplastre.
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Definition of salve noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. any medicinal ointment applied to wounds, skin irritations, burns, etc. for purposes of soothing or healing. 2. anything that soothes or heals; balm. a salve for one's conscience. verb transitive Word forms: salved or ˈsalving. 3. Archaic. to apply salve to (wounds, etc.)
Jun 30, 2024 · salve (third-person singular simple present salves, present participle salving, simple past and past participle salved) ( obsolete, astronomy) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon ); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies). ( obsolete) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an ...
