steven
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Ste·ven
n.
[AS. stefn, stemn, voice; akin to D. stem, G. stimme, Goth. stibna.]
1. Voice; speech; language. [Obs. or Scot.]
Ye have as merry a stevenChaucer.
As any angel hath that is in heaven.
2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Obs.] Spenser.
To set steven, to make an appointment. [Obs.]
They setten steven for to meetChaucer.
To playen at the dice.
