rave
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rave (plural raves)
- An enthusiastic review (e.g., a play)
- An all night dance party filled with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
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enthusiastic review
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to rave (third-person singular simple present raves, present participle raving, simple past and past participle raved)
- to speak or write wildly or incoherently
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 5.
- A production whithout design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 5.
- to attend a rave
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Latin rapum
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rave
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- IPA: /raːvə/, [ˈʁɑːwə]
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rave (imperative rav, infinitive at rave, present tense raver, past tense ravede, past participle har ravet)
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Latin rapum
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rave

