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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]
(noun)
1: an abject coward [syn: poltroon, recreant]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. --Sir. W.
Scott.
In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. --Macaulay.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Craven : \Cra"ven\, n. [Formerly written also cravant and
cravent.]
A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See
Recreant, n.
King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath?
Fluellen. He is a craven and a villain else. --Shak.
Syn: Coward; poltroon; dastard.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Craven : \Cra"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cravened (-v'nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Cravening.]
To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs.]
There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak
hand. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CRAVEN. A word of obloquy, which in trials by battle, was pronounced by the
vanquished; upon which judgment was rendered against him.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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