avere

1 avēre v. ave

2 avēre [CL] , to desire or rejoice. b (pr. ppl.) desirous, longing. avet, cupit, gaudet GlC A 933; to desyre, ‥ appetere, ‥ avere, captare CathA.  b ipse jam prope †positum [l. positam] audiens et avens, ut †proprius [l. propius] accederet efflagitavit Gir. GE II 11 p. 225; rumpe jugo cor avens; res dabit ulta sonum Elmh. Metr. Hen. V 224.

3 avēre [OF aveir < habēre; cf. averium] , possession, property. 1177 quantum rex Aldefonsus tenet de rege Navarre melioret cum suo proprio ~e quantum voluerit et potuerit (Pactum) G. Hen. II I 141.