Cur″vet, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Curveted or -vetted; p. pr. & vb. n.Curveting or -vetting.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See Curvet, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. “Oft and high he did curvet.” Drayton.
2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. Shak.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.