Craven \Cra"ven\ (kr?"v'n), a. [OE. cravant, cravaunde, OF.
cravant? struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to
break, crush, strike down, fr. an assumed LL. crepantare, fr.
L. crepans, p. pr. of crepare to break, crack, rattle. Cf.
Crevice, Crepitate.]
Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. "His craven heart."
--Shak.
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The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. --Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Craven \Cra"ven\, n. [Formerly written also cravant and
cravent.]
A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See
Recreant, n.
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King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath?
Fluellen. He is a craven and a villain else. --Shak.
Syn: Coward; poltroon; dastard.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Craven \Cra"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cravened (-v'nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Cravening.]
To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs.]
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There is a prohibition so divine,
That cravens my weak hand. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
craven
adj : lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful;
"the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal
to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"-
Spenser [syn: recreant]
n : an abject coward [syn: poltroon, recreant]
WordNet (r) 2.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "craven":
base, caitiff, chicken, coward, dastard, dastardly, dunghill,
dunghilly, funk, funker, gutless, lily-livered, poltroon,
poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, spunkless,
unmanly
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
CRAVEN. A word of obloquy, which in trials by battle, was pronounced by the
vanquished; upon which judgment was rendered against him.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
Craven -- U.S. County in North Carolina
Population (2000): 91436
Housing Units (2000): 38150
Land area (2000): 708.426888 sq. miles (1834.817138 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 65.715334 sq. miles (170.201927 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 774.142222 sq. miles (2005.019065 sq. km)
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.095872 N, 77.061834 W
Headwords:
Craven
Craven, NC
Craven County
Craven County, NC
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
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