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Definition of: curvet
(kər·vet′, kûr′vit) v.t. & v.i. ·vet·ted or ·vet·ed, ·vet·ting or ·vet·ing
1. To prance or cause to prance.
2. To frisk about.
—noun (kûr′vit) A light, low leap of a horse, made so that at one movement all four legs are off the ground. [<Ital. corvettare <corvetta, dim. of corva bent <L curvus]
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