crave

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”).

crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
to crave for peace
to crave after wealth
to crave drugs
(transitive, archaic or literary) To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.
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

(transitive) to want strongly

Arabic: اِشْتَهَى (ištahā)
Hijazi Arabic: اشتهى (aštaha)
Bulgarian: жадувам (bg) (žaduvam), копнея (bg) (kopneja)
Burmese: မက် (my) (mak)
Catalan: ansiar (valencià), anhelar (ca), delejar (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏉᏍᎦ (asquosga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 渴望 (zh) (kěwàng), 熱望 / 热望 (zh) (rèwàng)
Crimean Tatar: tamşanmaq
Czech: žadonit (cs) impf, dychtit impf, toužit po impf
Dutch: verlangen (nl)
Esperanto: deziregi, ^{(please verify)} avidi
Finnish: haluta kovasti, himoita (fi)
French: souhaiter (fr), désirer (fr)
Galician: arelar (gl), degorar (gl), devecer (gl)
German: sich sehnen (de), begehren (de)
Hebrew: הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק (he) (hishtoqéq)
Hungarian: vágyik (hu), vágyódik (hu), sóvárog (hu)
Italian: bramare (it), desiderare (it)
Japanese: 切望する (ja) (setsubō suru)
Latin: dēsīderō, avēo
Latvian: alkt, kārot
Lithuanian: geisti (lt), trokšti
Maori: warawara, kaimomotu, kumama (referring to food especially by pregnant women), kohekohe (for food), matainaina, matainaina, pīrangi
Middle English: craven
Persian: هوس کردن (havas kardan)
Polish: pożądać (pl) impf, pragnąć (pl) impf
Portuguese: ansiar (pt)
Romanian: dori (ro), jindui (ro)
Russian: жажда́ть (ru) (žaždátʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: žudjeti (sh)
Spanish: anhelar (es), ansiar (es), amalayar (es)
Swedish: sukta efter
Turkish: can atmak (tr), çok istemek

(intransitive) to want strongly

to ask earnestly

crave (plural craves)

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

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