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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crave.

Etymologies

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crave + -eth

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Examples

  • Furthermore, because patronages and presentation to benefices do often prejudge the free and lawful election which God’s word craveth, therefore the Second Book of Discipline, chap. 12, albeit it permitteth and alloweth the ancient patrons of prebendaries, and such benefices as have not _curam animarum_, to reserve their patronages, and to dispone thereupon to benefices that have _curam animarum_, may have no place in this light of reformation.

    The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

  • “Shimas standeth at the door and craveth admission, so he may acquaint thee with matters that specially concern thee.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • “O my lord, there is one at the door who craveth speech of thee; and he is a man of apparent wealth, courteous in manner, comely of aspect and attended by many servants.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • He went up to him and kissed his hands, and Ala al-Din having asked him what he wanted, he answered, “My master saluteth thee and craveth thy company to a banquet at his place.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • ‘Whenas thy son cometh to thee and the nights of separation upon him longsome shall be and he craveth reunion and meeting to see and whenas the breezes of love and longing shake him dolefully let him leave his native land and journey to the Islands of Wak and seek me.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Allah, O my lady, O mother of my husband, it irketh me to part from thee; but, whenas thy son cometh to thee and upon him the nights of severance longsome shall be and he craveth reunion and meeting to see and whenas breezes of love and longing shake him dolefully, let him come in the islands of Wák95 to me.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • So one day, as I sat in my house with a company of merchants, a certain of my servants came in to me and said, ‘O my lord, there is at the door a man who craveth admittance to thee!’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • “Yes; she said to my mother, ‘Whenas thy son cometh to thee and the nights of severance upon him longsome shall be and he craveth meeting and reunion to see, and whenas the breezes of love and longing shake him dolefully let him come in the Islands of Wak to me.’”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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