Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ROVE, v.i. [Dan. röver, to rob; Sw. röfva. This corresponds with the Sax. reafian and L. rapio, Fr. ravir. In Sw. ströfva, to rove or wander, appears to be formed on this root. In D. rooven, G. rauben, signify to rob.]

To wander; to ramble; to range; to go, move or pass without certain direction in any manner, by walking, riding, flying or otherwise. For who has power to walk, has power to rove. Arbuthnot.