Jōve, n.

n. [Lat. Jupiter, for Jovis pater, gen. Jovis, O. Lat. Jovis, nominative and genitive, corresponding to the Gr. Ζεύς. See JUPITER.]

1. The chief divinity of the ancient Romans; Jupiter.
2. The planet Jupiter. [Rare.]

Or ask of yonder argent fields above Why Jove’s satellites are less than Jove. Pope. 3. The air or atmosphere, or the god of the air. And Jove descends in showers of kindly rain. Dryden. 4. (Alchemy.) The metal tin. [Obs.]