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Hive (?), n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. hfe.]
    1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.  Dryden.

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    2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.  Shak.

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    3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

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    The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson.

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    Hive bee (Zool.), the honeybee.

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Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.]
    1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, “to hive a swarm of bees”.

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    2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.

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    Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.

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Hive, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.  Pope.

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