- (v.t.) To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
- (v.i.) To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.
- (v.t.) To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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