Home › Words › I › impaveimpaveimpave · verb — to pave.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom im- + pave?verbTo pave.e.g.“Impaved with rude fidelity / Of art mosaic.” — 1835, William Wordsworth, On revisiting Dunolly Castle:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.depave 71% match — To undo the act of paving; to remove pavement (especially if it is in the form of asphalt, concrete or the like) so as to restore the land to a more natural state. vs impave →pavier 69% match — A paver (someone who lays pavement). vs impave →paven 66% match — paved vs impave →pavé 65% match — A paved surface, a pavement (now only in French contexts). vs impave →repaver 64% match — A machine for repaving. vs impave →paviage 64% match — A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways. vs impave →blacktop 63% match — Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac). vs impave →pavesade 58% match — A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in battle, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board. vs impave →