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Webster 1913 Edition
Crave
Crave
(krāv)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Craved
(krāvd)
; p pr. & vb. n.
Craving
.] [AS.
crafian
; akin to Icel. krefja
, Sw. kräfva
, Dan. kræve
.] 1.
To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
I
crave
your honor’s pardon. Shakespeare
Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and
craved
the body of Jesus. Mark xv. 43.
2.
To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand;
as, the stomach
. craves
food
Syn. – To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure.
Crave
,Verb.
I.
To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing;
as, a
. craving
appetiteOnce one may
crave
for love. Suckling.
Webster 1828 Edition
Crave
CRAVE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To ask with earnestness or importunity; to beseech; to implore; to ask with submission or humility, as a dependent; to beg; to entreat.As for my nobler friends, I crave their pardons.
Joseph--went in boldly to Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Mark 15.
2.
To call for, as a gratification; to long for; to require or demand, as a passion or appetite; as, the stomach or appetite craves food.3.
Sometimes intransitively, with for before the thing sought; as, I crave for mercy.