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crave

  [kreyv] verb, craved, crav⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly: to crave sweets; to crave affection.
2. to require; need: a problem craving prompt attention.
3. to ask earnestly for (something); beg for.
4. to ask (a person) earnestly for something or to do something.
–verb (used without object)
5. to beg or plead (usually fol. by for).
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME craven, OE crafian; akin to ON krefja to demand, lay claim to

Related forms:
craver, noun

Synonyms:
1. yearn for, hunger for.
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Word Origin & History

crave 
O.E. crafian "demand by right," from N.Gmc. *krabojan, perhaps related to craft. Current sense "to long for" is c.1400, probably through intermediate meaning "to ask very earnestly" (c.1300).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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