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 Jouvence (2 syl.).Jo’vial. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Jove (1 syl.).
 
(See JUPITER.) The Titans made war against Jove, and tried to dethrone him.   1
       
“Not stronger were of old the giant crew,
Who sought to pull high Jove from regal state.”
       
Thomson: Castle of Indolence, canto 1.
   Milton, in Paradise Lost, makes Jove one of the fallen angels (i. 512).   2
 


 Jouvence (2 syl.).Jo’vial. 

 
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