Transitive Verbs Ending in VE and Containing R

This list gathers 128 English transitive verbs ending in VE and containing R, such as Drive, Receive, Serve, Improve, Remove, Prove and Drove. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our verb grammar guide to study direct object patterns and examples.

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Starts with A
4 words
approve
archive
aggrieve
apperceive
Starts with B
2 words
brave
bereave
Starts with C
10 words
curve
crave
carve
conserve
contrive
countermove
cryopreserve
codrive
circumvolve
coderive
Starts with D
12 words
drive
drove
deserve
derive
deprive
disapprove
disprove
deprave
disserve
disimprove
decurve
derve
Starts with E
10 words
engrave
embrave
enbrave
enerve
engroove
engrieve
electroengrave
esprove
enrive
ennerve
Starts with F
1 words
forgive
Starts with G
4 words
grave
grieve
groove
gainstrive
Starts with I
8 words
improve
interweave
interleave
incurve
intervolve
innerve
ingroove
interinvolve
Starts with M
5 words
microwave
misperceive
misobserve
misdrive
misimprove
Starts with N
1 words
nerve
Starts with O
13 words
observe
overdrive
outdrive
overserve
outserve
outbrave
overlive
outcurve
overgive
oversave
outstrive
overlove
outrave
Starts with P
9 words
prove
preserve
perceive
preapprove
preconceive
premove
presolve
photoengrave
prepave
Starts with R
24 words
receive
remove
reserve
resolve
relieve
retrieve
revive
revolve
relive
reprieve
rove
reprove
recurve
reeve
reconceive
repave
reave
rive
reinvolve
reshelve
redrive
reapprove
resave
reweave
Starts with S
9 words
serve
survive
starve
swerve
shrive
subserve
screeve
scrive
scrieve
Starts with T
1 words
transmove
Starts with U
7 words
unnerve
upcurve
underdrive
unreeve
unreave
undeserve
ungrave

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