2. Verb. (third-person singular of rave) ¹
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Definition of Raves
1. rave [v] - See also: rave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raves
Literary usage of Raves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"When the bear sleeps in his winter den, he knows no longings, no wants ; he knows
riot that the snow falls, that the storm raves ; perceives not the long ..."
2. Georgia and state rights: A study of the political history of Georgia from by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1902)
"ti raves was executed in due time, according to the sentence of the Georgia court.
The case of Graves was superfluous so far as it concerned the status of ..."
3. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"... like the g. vine, supported lives EM iii. 311 A g. Faith, from superstition
free Ep. ii. 9 At half mankind when g. Manly raves ME \. ..."
4. Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian by Sarah Smith Emery (1879)
"Look around yon, «ee their graves 1 S»e above, your banner waves l Hark I the
voice of battle raves, Up, and you are free l By the name drawn from your ..."
5. The Novelist's Magazine (1783)
"She raves : but I am hardened. Sbg will foon have an opportunity to fup- {>ly all my
... raves ..."
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