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adjective
1.
cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous.
noun
2.
a coward.
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Craven
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verb (used with object)
Idiom3.
to make cowardly.
4.
cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English cravant, cravaunde defeated < Old French craventé, past participle of cravanter to crush, overwhelm (< Vulgar Latin *crepantāre), influenced by Middle English creaunt defeated (see recreant)
1175–1225; Middle English cravant, cravaunde defeated < Old French craventé, past participle of cravanter to crush, overwhelm (< Vulgar Latin *crepantāre), influenced by Middle English creaunt defeated (see recreant)
Related forms
cra·ven·ly, adverb
cra·ven·ness, noun
un·cra·ven, adjective
Synonyms
1. dastardly, fearful, timorous.
1. dastardly, fearful, timorous.
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Word Origin & History
craven
early 13c., perhaps from O.Fr. cravante "defeated," pp. of cravanter, from L. crepare "to crack, creak." Sense affected by crave and moved from "defeated" to "cowardly" (1580s) perhaps via intermediary sense of "confess oneself defeated."
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