different between crave vs adjure

English

Etymology

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *krafjan? (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kr?v, IPA^(key): /k?e?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Verb

crave (third-person singular simple present craves, present participle craving, simple past and past participle craved)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

2. (transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.

Derived terms

• craving
• cravingly
• cravingness

Translations

Noun

crave (plural craves)

1. (law, Scotland) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, s. v. “*krab?n-” and “*kr?bi-”.

Anagrams

• Caver, carve, caver, varec

Portuguese

Verb

crave

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cravar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of cravar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cravar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cravar

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• crae, giae, jave
• crai (campidanese)

Etymology

From earlier *clave, from Latin cl?vis, cl?vem, from Proto-Italic *kl?wis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cra?e/

Noun

crave f (plural craves)

1. key

English

Etymology

From Middle English adjuren, from Latin adi?r? (“beg earnestly”), from ad- (“near, at; towards, to”)' + i?r? (“swear by oath”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?d???/, /?d?d???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æd?d???/, /?d?d???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

adjure (third-person singular simple present adjures, present participle adjuring, simple past and past participle adjured)

1. (transitive, often law) To issue a formal command.
2. (transitive) To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly.

   Party members are adjured to promote awareness of this problem.

Related terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: adjurent, adjures

Verb

adjure

1. first-person singular present indicative of adjurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of adjurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of adjurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of adjurer
5. second-person singular imperative of adjurer