Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rove \Rove\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Roving}.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See
   {Reave}, {Rob}.]
   1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the
      seas in piracy. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.

   2. Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or
      pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing,
      walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.

            For who has power to walk has power to rove.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.

   3. (Archery) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle
      of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being
      beyond the point-blank range).

            Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart At that
            good knight so cunningly didst rove.  --Spenser.

   Syn: To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll.