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Webster 1913 Edition

Rave

Rave

(rāv)
,
obs.
imp.
of
Rive
.

Rave

,
Noun.
[Prov. E.
raves
, or
rathes
, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]
One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

Rave

(rāv)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Raved
(rāvd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Raving
.]
[F.
rêver
to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L.
rabere
to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf.
Rage
,
Reverie
.]
1.
To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.
In our madness evermore we
rave
.
Chaucer.
Have I not cause to
rave
and beat my breast?
Addison.
The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went
raving
down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie.
Macaulay.
2.
To rush wildly or furiously.
Spenser.
3.
To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; – followed by about, of, or on;
as, he
raved
about her beauty
.
The hallowed scene
Which others
rave
of, though they know it not.
Byron.

Rave

,
Verb.
T.
To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly;
as, to
rave
nonsense
.
Young.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rave

RAVE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. rabio, to rave, to rage or be furious; rabies, rage.]
1.
To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk irrationally; to be wild.
when men thus rave, we may conclude their brains are turned.
2.
To utter furious exclamations; to be furious or raging; as a madman.
Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?
3.
To dote; to be unreasonably fond; followed by upon; as, to rave upon antiquity. [Hardly proper.]

RAVE

,
Noun.
the upper side-piece of timber of the body of a cart.

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