Cave, William

an English divine, B. at Pick well, Leicestershire, 1637, wrote a great number of works of a religious tendency, and others with a view to illustrate ecclesiastical history. He is remembered chiefly by his Primitive Christianity, Lives of the Apostles and Mar tyrs, and his Hist or i a Literaria. D. at Windsor, 1713. Cave'a, [Lat., a hollow place.] ( Antiq. ) A term applied by the Romans to the interior of an amphitheatre. Caveat, ( kā've -at,) n. [Lat., from cave a, to take care.] ( Law. ) A notice or caution given, by a party interested, to a judge or other officer, in order to stay proceedings by him. (Patent Law.) A legal notice not to i ue a patent of a particular description to any other person without allowing the caveator an opportunity to establish his priority of invention. -A hint; a warning; an intimation of caution. "The chiefest caveat in reformation must be to keep out the Scots." Spenser. -v. i. To enter a caveat. Caveat empt or. [Lat.] ( Law .) A purchase without warranty, or at the buyer's own risk. Ca'veating, n. ( Fencing .) The shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.