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Webster 1913 Edition
Rave
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
.] 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 beautyThe hallowed scene
Which others
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
nonsenseYoung.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rave
RAVE
,Verb.
I.
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.
Definition 2024
rave
rave
English
Noun
rave (plural raves)
- An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
- An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
- (uncountable) The genre of electronic dance music associated with rave parties.
- 2009, Chrysalis Experiential Academy, Mind Harvesting (page 109)
- Maybe I wear baggies / And white socks with flip-flops / Maybe I don't like listening to rave / And I'm not on the social mountaintops
- 2009, Chrysalis Experiential Academy, Mind Harvesting (page 109)
Translations
dance party
Verb
rave (third-person singular simple present raves, present participle raving, simple past and past participle raved)
- To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
- Addison
- Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?
- Macaulay
- The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie.
- Addison
- To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3. § 5.
- A production without design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Section 3. § 5.
- To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on.
- He raved about her beauty.
- Byron
- The hallowed scene / Which others rave on, though they know it not.
- (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- To attend a rave (dance party).
Translations
to speak or write incoherently
to talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion; followed by about
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See also
Etymology 2
English dialect raves, or rathes (“a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.”).
Noun
rave (plural raves)
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːvə/, [ˈʁɑːwə]
Verb
rave (imperative rav, infinitive at rave, present tense raver, past tense ravede, perfect tense har ravet)
Dutch
Verb
rave
- first-person singular present indicative of raven
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of raven
- imperative of raven
Anagrams
French
Etymology 1
From Latin rapa, plural of rāpum, used instead as a feminine singular. Compare Italian rapa and Venetian rava.
Noun
rave m (plural raves)
Etymology 2
From English
Noun
rave m (plural raves)
- rave party
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
rāve
- vocative masculine singular of rāvus
References
- RAVE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)