What does diven mean?
Diven means (rare, nonstandard) past participle of dive.
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/ˈdɪ.vən/ · verb
(rare, nonstandard) past participle of dive.
It is for our happineſs, that the wiſe have reflected on the duties of man; that the learned have diven into the ſecrets of nature; that the magiſtrate watches, and that the legiſlator prepares in deliberation protecting laws.
“These guys have diven – have ‘doven’ – the whole series,” Crawford told this reporter. “We’re not supposed to talk about the refs, but the league has a rule for this. It’s been a big factor in this series, the diving of [Alexei] Kovalev. He’s a gold medalist in diving.[…]”
Using a variety of untapped sources—including a generous helping of unpublished manuscripts and period newspapers—the authors create a literary diorama of Missouri in 1861, […] Where other authors have scratched the surface, Piston and Hatcher have diven deep into the well to emerge with what must be considered the benchmark work on the subject.
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Diven means (rare, nonstandard) past participle of dive.
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It is for our happineſs, that the wiſe have reflected on the duties of man; that the learned have diven into the ſecrets of nature; that the magiſtrate watches, and that the legiſlator prepares in deliberation protecting laws.
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