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Crave

//kɹeɪv// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A formal application to a court to make a particular order.
Verb
  1. 1
    To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for. ambitransitive

    "to crave for peace"

  2. 2
    plead or ask for earnestly wordnet
  3. 3
    To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority. archaic, literary, transitive

    "I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end."

  4. 4
    have a craving, appetite, or great desire for wordnet
  5. 5
    To call for; to require as a course of action. obsolete, transitive

    "It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).

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