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crave
(encz) | crave,dožadovat se v: PetrV |
crave
(encz) | crave,dychtit v: PetrV |
crave
(encz) | crave,nutně potřebovat v: PetrV |
crave
(encz) | crave,žadonit v: PetrV |
Crave
(gcide) | Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craved
(kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. Craving.] [AS. crafian; akin to
Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]
1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with
submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to
implore.
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I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak.
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Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved
the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43.
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2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to
require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
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His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
--Edmund
Gurney.
Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit;
request; supplicate; adjure.
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Crave
(gcide) | Crave \Crave\, v. i.
To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a
craving appetite.
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Once one may crave for love. --Suckling.
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crave
(wn) | crave
v 1: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn:
crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust]
2: plead or ask for earnestly |
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craved
(encz) | craved,dychtil v: Zdeněk Brožcraved,nutně potřeboval Zdeněk Brožcraved,žadonil v: Zdeněk Brož |
craven
(encz) | craven,zbabělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cravenly
(encz) | cravenly,zbaběle adv: Zdeněk Brož |
cravenness
(encz) | cravenness, |
Crave
(gcide) | Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craved
(kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. Craving.] [AS. crafian; akin to
Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]
1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with
submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to
implore.
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I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak.
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Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved
the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43.
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2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to
require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
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His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
--Edmund
Gurney.
Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit;
request; supplicate; adjure.
[1913 Webster]Crave \Crave\, v. i.
To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a
craving appetite.
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Once one may crave for love. --Suckling.
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Craved
(gcide) | Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craved
(kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. Craving.] [AS. crafian; akin to
Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]
1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with
submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to
implore.
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I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak.
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Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved
the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43.
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2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to
require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
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His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
--Edmund
Gurney.
Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit;
request; supplicate; adjure.
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Craven
(gcide) | Craven \Cra"ven\ (kr?"v'n), a. [OE. cravant, cravaunde, OF.
cravant? struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to
break, crush, strike down, fr. an assumed LL. crepantare, fr.
L. crepans, p. pr. of crepare to break, crack, rattle. Cf.
Crevice, Crepitate.]
Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. "His craven heart."
--Shak.
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The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]Craven \Cra"ven\, n. [Formerly written also cravant and
cravent.]
A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See
Recreant, n.
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King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath?
Fluellen. He is a craven and a villain else. --Shak.
Syn: Coward; poltroon; dastard.
[1913 Webster]Craven \Cra"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cravened (-v'nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Cravening.]
To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs.]
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There is a prohibition so divine,
That cravens my weak hand. --Shak.
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Cravened
(gcide) | Craven \Cra"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cravened (-v'nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Cravening.]
To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs.]
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There is a prohibition so divine,
That cravens my weak hand. --Shak.
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Cravening
(gcide) | Craven \Cra"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cravened (-v'nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Cravening.]
To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs.]
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There is a prohibition so divine,
That cravens my weak hand. --Shak.
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Craver
(gcide) | Craver \Crav"er\ (kr?v"?r), n.
One who craves or begs.
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craved
(wn) | craved
adj 1: wanted intensely; "the child could no longer resist
taking one of the craved cookies"; "it produced the
desired effect" [syn: craved, desired] |
craven
(wn) | craven
adj 1: lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful;
"the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to
raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser
[syn: craven, recreant]
n 1: an abject coward [syn: poltroon, craven, recreant] |
cravenness
(wn) | cravenness
n 1: meanspirited cowardice |
CRAVEN
(bouvier) | CRAVEN. A word of obloquy, which in trials by battle, was pronounced by the
vanquished; upon which judgment was rendered against him.
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TO CRAVE
(bouvier) | TO CRAVE. To ask; to demand.
2. This word is frequently used in pleading; as, to crave oyer of a
bond on which the suit is brought; and in the settlement of accounts, the
accountant general craves a credit or an allowance. 1 Chit. Pr. 520. See
Oyer.
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