Rave (rAv), obs.
imp. of Rive.
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Rave, n. [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]
One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
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Rave (rAv), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raved (rAvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Raving.] [F. rever to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.]
1.
To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.
In our madness evermore we rave.
Chaucer.
Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?
Addison.
The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie.
Macaulay.
2.
To rush wildly or furiously. Spenser.
3.
To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty.
The hallowed scene
Which others rave of, though they know it not.
Byron.
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Rave, v. t.
To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense. Young.
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