Definition for JOVE

JOVE, n. [L. Jovis, gen. of Jupiter, Gr. Ζευς.]

  1. The name of the Supreme Deity among the Romans.
  2. The planet Jupiter. Or ask of yonder argent fields above / Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove. – Pope.
  3. The air or atmosphere, or the god of the air. And Jove descends in showers of kindly rain. – Dryden.

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