/crave/synonyms

/crave/

-) Verb.

-) Pronunciation: kreɪv. 

-) Etymology: Old English crafian.

-) Preterite tense: craved (kreɪvd). Preterite participle: craved.

-) Present participle: craving.

-) Transitively: 1. Obsolete acceptation: to ask authoritatively.

-) 2. Hardly documented: to ask cravingly or earnestly to be given; to make request for (an alienable thing)

The Spanish cavaliers craved from the Indians of the South their lands and their gold.

The Works of Hubert… 1874

-) 3. To ask cravingly or earnestly to be done, accomplished, granted, permitted, etc.; to make request for (a doable thing represented by a noun, or an infinitive, or [rarely] a clause introduced by the conjunction THAT)

-) Synonyms for the verb “crave”: ask, entreat; beseech.

There was a brief bustle in the mansion, and Foster, with his downward look and sullen manner, entered the apartment to say, “That Master Richard Varney was arrived from my lord, having ridden all night, and craved to speak with her ladyship instantly.”

Scott… Kenilworth… 1821

The lady was however frightened, and going towards the lad, craved to know wherefore he had made such an unearthly outcry.

John Galt… Spaewife… 1823

I must crave his pardon for having made him the subject of a kind of experiment.

Irving… Tales of a traveller… 1824

I crave your company back to the hill.

Banim… The Denounced… 1830

I crave pardon for what may seem my uncourteous delay.

Grattan… Jacqueline of Holland… 1831

Marian, may I crave a few words with you?

Egan… Robin Hood… 1840

As this may appear a somewhat paradoxical opinion, we crave leave to offer our reasons in support of it.

The Edinburgh Review… 1840

I remember well that both the coachman and the guard, when they had deposited me and my luggage, and kicked at the gate to let the porter know some one craved admittance, made me a sort of demi-bow, and touched the brims of their hats.

Hood’s Magazine… 1844

The only favor they craved, was, that they might have an interpreter who understood both languages.

Farnham… Adventures in California… 1844

On some future occasion, I will crave permission to examine your library and its manuscript treasures.

Ainsworth… Mervyn… 1858

-) With the preposition “of”, or “from”, + noun of the person being asked to do something or participate in something:

[…] he would go into England and crave pardon of him.

Scott… Provincial… 1826

I consider fowls would be very desirable for weakly women — they being very cheap in India — as they often craved them from me.

Swinton… Journal… 1859

Leonard, I am going to crave a favour of you. Do not send Eldred Sloam away.

Wood… The Argosy… 1882

A servant came up to Mr. Hastings as he was crossing the hall, and said an applicant at the door craved speech of him.

Wood… The Shadow… 1907

-) 4. Hardly documented: to ask cravingly or earnestly to be told; to make request for (a tellable thing.)

He […] craved my name. But when I declared my name was Random, he exclaimed in a rapture, 'How! Rory Random?' The same, I replied, looking at him with astonishment.

Smollett… Roderick Random… 1748

May I crave of you, Sir Knight, how you became concerned in this affair?"

Scott… The Talisman… 1825

What was it? tell it! tell it!:' craved Lady Dorcas.

Banim… The Denounced… 1830

until I have craved of you the name of him who has thus ventured to defame me.

Simms… The Scout… 1854

-) 5. Abusively: to want; to desire.

"Why, you, you, you, it was you who craved to be alone with Willoughby!" her father shouted.

Meredith… The Egoist… 1879

And now there was no one she craved to see.

Humphry Ward… Eleanor… 1900

"I can understand," said Henry, "why the animals should come here after the salt, since they crave salt just as we do, but it seems strange to me that salt water should be running out of the ground here, hundreds of miles from the sea."

Altsheler… The Young Trailers… 1907

I knew very well that he desired me for his solace and delight, as other men have done and still do: but to be craved is one thing and to be loved is another thing.

Hewlett… The Ruinous Face… 1909

-) 6. Hardly documented: to ask (a person) cravingly or earnestly for a thing or to do something.

[…] craved me for mercy.

Scott… The Monastery… 1820

-) 7. Abusively: (of a thing) to need.

[…] and wearied limbs craved rest.

F. Palmer, A. Forrester… The wanderings… 1846

-) Intransitively: (it is an abusive use) to desire; --with preposition “for”, or “after” + noun.

[…] the land below the cocoa-nut trees was now distinguishable, and they anticipated that the next day they could land and procure the water which they now so craved for.

Marryat… The Phantom Ship… 1839

-) English words derived from the verb CRAVE: craving, cravingly, cravingness, craver.