# crave
## English
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: krāv, IPA: /kɹeɪv/
* Rhymes: -eɪv
* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)
* (transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
    to crave for peaceto crave after wealthto crave drugs
* (transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
    I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.
** c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice‎, act IV scene i:My deeds upon my head! I crave the law, The penalty and forfeit of my bond.
** c. 1603-04, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure‎, act II scene ii:I crave your honour's pardon.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 15:43:Joseph […] went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
* (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.
** 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking

#### Derived terms

* becrave
* craveable
* craver
* craving
* cravingly
* cravingness
* uncraving

#### Translations
### Noun

crave (plural craves)
* (Scots law) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

### References

* Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, s. v. “*krabēn-” and “*krēbi-”.

### Anagrams

* Caver, carve, caver, varec

## Middle English
### Verb

crave
* Alternative form of craven

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾa.vi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾa.vi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾa.ve/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɾa.vɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɾa.vɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɾa.bɨ/ [ˈkɾa.βɨ]
* Hyphenation: cra‧ve
* Rhymes: -avi, -avɨ

### Verb

crave
* inflection of cravar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian, from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kraːv/

### Verb

crave
* to beg
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 4-5:crave na dicke luckie acte t'uck neicher th' Eccellencie,beg leave at this favourable opportunity to approach your Excellency,

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114