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Crave

verb

(past & past part. craved; pres. part. craving)

Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. Synonyms: hunger, lust, starve, thirst.

Plead or ask for earnestly.

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"Crave" Quotes from Famous Books

... doffing his cap unmindful of the wind, and advancing to the side of her boat, "I crave audience of you, and in excuse for my unceremoniousness, plead community in misfortune, and a desire to make my daughter here safe ...

— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 1 • Lew. Wallace

... of the nursing you done in these parts in the typhoid last summer," said Aunt Dalmanutha, "and certainly it sounded good. But, women, one more question I crave to put to you. Do you mix in religion and ...

— Sight to the Blind • Lucy Furman

... fire in a dip, and cutting the deer into tiny bits made a most appetizing soup, which Robert's weak stomach was able to retain and to crave more. ...

— The Masters of the Peaks - A Story of the Great North Woods • Joseph A. Altsheler

... speaks sooth, alas! the man speaks sooth: We have no personal life beyond the grave; There is no God; Fate knows nor wrath nor ruth: Can I find here the comfort which I crave? ...

— The Will to Believe - and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy • William James

... Lyra, sir—I would crave his honour Mr. Pleydell's judgment, always with his best leisure, to ...

— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott

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