craven

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 References 1.7 Anagrams 2 Middle English 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Adjective 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Verb 2.2.1.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English craven (adjective)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈkreɪvən

  Rhymes: -eɪvən

[edit] Adjective

craven (comparative more craven, superlative most craven)

1. Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

[edit] Derived terms

• cry craven

[edit] Translations

Bulgarian: страхлив Finnish: pelkurimainen

Portuguese: covarde Serbian: Kukavica,plašljivac Spanish: cobarde es(es)

[edit] Noun

craven (plural cravens)

1. A confessed coward.

[edit] Translations

Bulgarian: страхливец

Finnish: pelkuri fi(fi)

[edit] Verb

to craven (third-person singular simple present cravens, present participle cravening, simple past and past participle cravened)

1. To make craven.
   • 1609: William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, Act III, Scene IV

     There is a prohibition so divine / That cravens my weak hand.

[edit] References

• craven in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• craven in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acenrv
• carven
• cavern

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[edit] Middle English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French cravante (“‘defeated’”), past participle of cravanter, from Latin crepare (“‘to crack", "creak’”)

[edit] Adjective

craven

1. Defeated.

[edit] Etymology 2

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[edit] Verb

craven

1. desire; crave

[edit] Derived terms

• icravet (past participle)