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   crave

   /krāv/

   verb

   • 1. feel a powerful desire for (something): "a program to give the infants the human touch they crave"
   • ▪ beg for (something): "I must crave your indulgence"

   Word Origin Old Englishcrafian (in the sense ‘demand, claim as a right’), of Germanic origin; related to Swedish kräva, Danish kræve ‘demand’. The current sense dates from late Middle English.

   Derivatives

   • 1. craver noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • C

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   • R

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