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rave (rāv)

intransitive verb raved, raving rav′·ing

  1. to talk incoherently or wildly, as in a delirious or demented state
  2. to talk with great or excessive enthusiasm (about)
  3. to rage or roar, as a storm

Etymology: ME raven, prob. < OFr raver, var. of rever, resver, to roam (> Fr rêver, to dream) < ? re-, re- + *esver, to roam, wander < VL *exvagare, for L evagari, to roam about (< e-, for ex-, out + vagari): see vagary

transitive verb

to utter incoherently

noun

  1. an act or instance of raving
  2. a raving action or speech
  3. a kind of loosely organized dance party, lasting through the night, that originated in Britain in the 1980s: a rave features techno music and typically includes the use of psychedelic drugs
  4. Informal an extremely or excessively enthusiastic commendation: often used attributively

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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