shave
verb (used without object)
to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Her eye, flattered by her shaven lawn, cannot rest very severely upon him who has shaven it for her.
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda