Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To make craven.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I never knew Tom was such a craven bootlicker.

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  2. The president is too craven to tackle this problem.

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Origin

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past p

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

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Forms

cravens, cravening, cravened, cravened
Base formcraven · to craven
3rd person singularcravens
Present participlecravening
Past simplecravened
Past participlecravened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycraven
he, she, itcravens

Past simpleLesson

all personscravened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cravened
he, she, ithas cravened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill craven

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
craterB2craveC1cravingC1crawlB2crayfish
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