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crave

verbenomattesté dans les dialogues

  • //kɹeɪv//

To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

verbe

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    archaïqueTo 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.

    My deeds upon my head! I crave the law, The penalty and forfeit of my bond.

    I crave your honour's pardon.

    Joseph […] went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

  3. 3

    obsolèteTo call for; to require as a course of action.

    It is the bright day that brings forth the adder and that craves wary walking

Étymologie

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”).

nom

  1. 1

    A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

Formes

pluriel
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passé
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participe passé
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participe présent
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3ᵉ personne du singulier
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Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

Rang parmi les mots du corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — des sous-titres de films et de séries, donc de la langue parlée et non écrite (CC BY-SA 3.0).