Ha"ven (?), n. [AS. haefene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MNG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. hofn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave (see Heave); or akin to AS. haef sea, Icel. & Sw. haf, Dan. hav, which is perh. akin to E. heave.]
1.
A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
What shipping and what lading's in our haven.
Shak.
Their haven under the hill.
Tennyson.
2.
A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.
Shak.
The haven, or the rock of love.
Waller.
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Ha"ven, v. t.
To shelter, as in a haven.
Keats.
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