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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shove  \Shove\  (sh[u^]v),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shoved} 
  (sh[u^]vd);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Shoving}.]  [OE.  shoven,  AS 
  scofian  fr  sc[=u]fan;  akin  to  OFries  sk[=u]va,  D. 
  schuiven  G.  schieben  OHG.  scioban  Icel.  sk[=u]fa, 
  sk[=y]fa,  Sw  skuffa  Dan.  skuffe  Goth.  afskiuban  to  put 
  away  cast  away  cf  Skr.  kshubh  to  become  agitated,  to 
  quake,  Lith.  skubrus  quick,  skubinti  to  hasten.  [root]160. 
  Cf  {Sheaf}  a  bundle  of  stalks,  {Scoop},  {Scuffle}.] 
  1.  To  drive  along  by  the  direct  and  continuous  application  of 
  strength;  to  push  especially,  to  push  (a  body)  so  as  to 
  make  it  move  along  the  surface  of  another  body;  as  to 
  shove  a  boat  on  the  water;  to  shove  a  table  across  the 
  floor. 
 
  2.  To  push  along  aside,  or  away  in  a  careless  or  rude 
  manner;  to  jostle. 
 
  And  shove  away  the  worthy  bidden  guest.  --Milton. 
 
  He  used  to  shove  and  elbow  his  fellow  servants. 
  --Arbuthnot.




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