volve
/vɑlv/obsolete
volve is a verb meaning “To turn over in the mind; to ponder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-L-V-E, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does volve mean?
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo turn over in the mind; to ponder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce volve?
- UK /vɒlv/
- US /vɑlv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of volve
- volves present, singular, he/she/it
- volving participle, present
- volved participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is volve?
Volve appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does volve come from?
From Latin volvēre (“to turn”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).