KJV Dictionary Definition: crave

crave

CRAVE, v.t.

1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to beseech; to implore; to ask with submission or humility, as a dependent; to beg; to entreat.

As for my nobler friends, I crave their pardons.

Joseph--went in boldly to Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Mark 15.

2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; to require or demand, as a passion or appetite; as, the stomach or appetite craves food.

3. Sometimes intransitively, with for before the thing sought; as, I crave for mercy.

craved

CRAVED, pp. Asked for with earnestness; implored; entreated; longed for; required.

craving

CRAVING, ppr.

1. Asking with importunity; urging for earnestly; begging; entreating.

2. Calling for with urgency; requiring; demanding gratification; as an appetite craving food.

CRAVING, n. Vehement or urgent desire, or calling for; a longing for.