crave

Meanings

Verb

• To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
• To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
• To call for; to require as a course of action.

Noun

• A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

Origin

• From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną ("to demand"). Cognate with Danish kræve, Swedish kräva, Icelandic krefja.