Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crave"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craved}
(kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. {Craving}.] [AS. crafian; akin to
Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]
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. --Shak.
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.
His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
--Edmund
Gurney.
Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit;
request; supplicate; adjure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crave \Crave\, v. i.
To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a
craving appetite.
Once one may crave for love. --Suckling.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crave
v 1: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: {hunger},
{thirst}, {starve}, {lust}]
2: plead or ask for earnestly
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