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Crave   /kreɪv/   Listen
Crave

verb
(past & past part. craved; pres. part. craving)
1.
Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.  Synonyms: hunger, lust, starve, thirst.
2.
Plead or ask for earnestly.






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"Crave" Quotes from Famous Books



... a simple thing to crave And thought not on thy flatteries—as I think not Now. Knowest thou not my handmaid Hildegard ...
— Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards • Algernon Charles Swinburne

... "Rather we crave the favor," answered Rand, extending his quiver to the stranger, who carefully selecting an arrow, fitted it to the bow. Then drawing the bow back the full length of the arrow he measured the distance with his eye, and, loosing the string, the arrow ...
— The Boy Scouts Patrol • Ralph Victor

... Thine shall be Ours, and no more shall any man crave For riches that serve for nothing but to fetter a friend ...
— Chants for Socialists • William Morris

... she is spared, when that can be practicable, we have always a home for her. Speak to her of it, when she is capable of understanding, and let me conjure you to let us know from day to day, the state she is in. But one line is all we crave. Nothing we can do for her, that shall not be done. We shall be in the terriblest suspense. We had no notion she was going to be ill. A line from anybody in your house will much oblige us. I feel for the situation ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6) - Letters 1821-1842 • Charles and Mary Lamb

... "No, I crave for her only a mortal husband. Though there are few in Persia, in Media, in the wide East, to whom I dare entrust her. Perhaps,"—his laugh grew lighter,—"I would do well ...
— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis


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