To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
to crave for peace
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.
To call for; to require as a course of action.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking
A formal application to a court to make a particular order.
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 kræv...
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