Etymology

becrave

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Today it means: To crave; crave for. Full definition →

Middle English bicraven ← Old English becrafian
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  1. Old English · inherited frombecrafian“to crave”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombicraven
  3. English todaybecrave

From Middle English bicraven, from Old English becrafian (“to crave”). By surface analysis, be- + crave.

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