Hypertext Webster Gateway: "raving"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rave \Rave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Raving}.] [F. r[^e]ver 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 Kiliecrankie.
--Macaulay.
2. To rush wildly or furiously. --Spencer.
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 on, though they
know it not. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Raving \Rav"ing\, a.
Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic. --
{Rav"ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
raving
adj : talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic" [syn: {raving
mad}, {wild}]
n : declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs"
adv : in a raving manner; "raving mad" [syn: {ravingly}]
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