n. [ See Waive, v. t. ] 1. A waif; a castaway. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Waived p. pr. & vb. n. Waiving. ] [ OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. Vibrate, Waif. ] [ Written also wave. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. [ 1913 Webster ]

He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses. (b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To turn aside; to recede. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To waive from the word of Solomon. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Waiver. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]