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raven verb. Also ravin. L15.
[Old & mod. French raviner rush, ravage, (now) hollow out, furrow, ult. from Latin rapina RAPINE.]
verb trans. Take (goods) away by force; seize or divide as spoil. Long rare or obsolete. L15.
b. verb intrans. Plunder; (foll. by after) seek spoil or booty. E17.
verb trans. Devour or eat up voraciously. M16.
verb intrans.
a. Eat voraciously; feed hungrily or greedily; prey on. M16.
b. Have a ravenous appetite (for). M17.
verb intrans. Prowl for prey ravenously. M16.
ravened adjective (rare, Shakes.) glutted; voracious: only in E17.
ravening noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) rare (a fit of) madness: LME.
ravening adjective (a) that ravens, voracious, rapacious; (b) mad, rabid: LME.
raveningly adverb (long rare) ravenously M16.