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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
crave
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Examples
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So shall it be, for the boon thou cravest needs but few words.
The Trojan Women 2008
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So shall it be, for the boon thou cravest needs but few words.
The Trojan Women 2008
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For my estrangement dost thou Why dost thou weep when I weep, -- whereas it came depart and thou didst parting from thee, -- And restoration claim; and cravest union dost implore, when none, when we ne'er shall re-unite alas! may be? the same?
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And when I talked face to face with my wild Wisdom, she said to me angrily: “Thou willest, thou cravest, thou lovest; on that account alone dost thou PRAISE Life!”
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Ask no permission of Miles Hendon for aught thou cravest.
Vietnam: Solutions McCarthy, Mary 1967
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And yet I cannot find it in my heart to deny thee what thou cravest, since I am myself the involuntary cause of all thy delusion, and can give thee such extraordinary pleasure, with so very little trouble to myself.
The Substance of a Dream F. W. Bain
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Of the guerdons of life; yet, since thou cravest ever
On the Nature of Things Titus Lucretius Carus 1910
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Put off25 whomsoever thou wilt of them and take to thyself whomsoever thou wilt, or whomsoever thou cravest of those whom thou hast deposed, 26 and it shall be no crime against thee.
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If thou cravest hymns, there are the psalms of David; and if thou wantest information about the beginning of all things, there is the book of Genesis by the great Moses; if thou wilt have laws and decrees, there are his laws ... ..
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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And cravest thou fondly the quivering sands shall be firm to thy feet, 15
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