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Term: Dever

Part of Speech: Noun, Verb

Sense 1 (Noun): A popular last name of English origin.

Sample Sentence: The Dever family has a long history in this town.

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Sense 2 (Verb): To assign a task or responsibility to someone.

Sample Sentence: The teacher asked the students to dever the upcoming project to one member of their group.

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Sense 3 (Verb): (Local usage) To waste time or procrastinate.

Sample Sentence: Instead of completing his report, he chose to dever the whole day.

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