7 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. --Sir. W. Scott. [1913 Webster] In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Craven \Cra"ven\, n. [Formerly written also cravant and cravent.] A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See {Recreant}, n. [1913 Webster] King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath? Fluellen. He is a craven and a villain else. --Shak. Syn: Coward; poltroon; dastard. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Craven \Cra"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cravened} (-v'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cravening}.] To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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 From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: CRAVEN. A word of obloquy, which in trials by battle, was pronounced by the vanquished; upon which judgment was rendered against him. From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]: 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
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