Pave /(pāv)/

imp. & p. p. Paved; p. pr. & vb. n. Paving

1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for vehicles, horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court.

   With silver paved, and all divine with gold.

   To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways.

2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise.

   It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title.