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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crave \Crave\ (kr[=a]v), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Craved} (kr[=a]vd); p pr. & vb. n. {Craving}.] [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.]
1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak.
Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43.
2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. --Edmund Gurney.
Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Craving \Crav"ing\ (-?ng), noun Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
A succession of cravings and satiety. --L'Estrange. -- {Crav"ing*ly}, adverb -- {Crav"ing*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
craving
noun: an intense desire for some particular thing
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "craving": a habit, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, an universal wolf, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, athirst, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, chain smoking, chronic alcoholism, cocainism, consumed with desire, coveting, crash, dependence, devoured by desire, dipsomania, drug addiction, drug culture, drug dependence, fervid, habituation, hunger, hungering, hungry, itch, itching, lust, mad with lust, mania, nicotine addiction, passion, physical dependence, prurience, pruriency, prurient, psychological dependence, sexual desire, thirst, thirsting, thirsty, tolerance, urge, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms
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