haven't en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈhæv.n̩t/
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Etymology
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Old English habban Middle English haven English have English -n't English haven't From have + -n't.
Meanings
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have not (negative form of have)
Haven't I to be here at 9?
Sce.: Which I'd grant ye, if ye came at Midnight; but now I haven't the conveniency o' supplying your Wants.'
1694, Titus Maccius Plautus, Plautus's comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens, Made English: With Critical Remarks Upon Each Play, page 170:You've a bad back again, haven't you? - No, actually I haven't.