Ste·ven n.
  1. Voice; speech; language. [Obs. or Scot.]
  Ye have as merry a steven
  As any angel hath that is in heaven.   --Chaucer.
  2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Obs.]
  To set steven, to make an appointment. [Obs.]
  They setten steven for to meet
  To playen at the dice.   --Chaucer.
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