crave

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).

• enPR: krāv, IPA^(key): /kɹeɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv

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crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

   to crave for peace

   to crave after wealth

   to crave drugs

2. (transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.

   I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.

   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice‎, act IV scene i:

     My deeds upon my head! I crave the law,
     The penalty and forfeit of my bond.

   • c. 1603-04, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure‎, act II scene ii:

     I crave your honour's pardon.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Mark 15:43:

     Joseph […] went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.
   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking

crave (plural craves)

1. (Scots law) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, s. v. “*krabēn-” and “*krēbi-”.

• Caver, carve, caver, varec

crave

1. Alternative form of craven

• Hyphenation: cra‧ve
• Rhymes: -avi, -avɨ

crave

1. inflection of cravar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian, from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn. Cogate with Scots creve.

• IPA^(key): /kɾiːv/

crave

1. to beg
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 4-5:

     crave na dicke luckie acte t'uck neicher th' Eccellencie,

     beg leave at this favourable opportunity to approach your Excellency,

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114