different between crave vs supplicate

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

Borrowed from Latin supplicat-, the participle stem of supplic?, from sub- + plic? (“I bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?pl?ke?t/
• Hyphenation: sup?pli?cate

Verb

supplicate (third-person singular simple present supplicates, present participle supplicating, simple past and past participle supplicated)

1. (transitive) To humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.
2. (transitive) To entreat for; to ask for earnestly and humbly.

   to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel

3. (transitive) To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.

   to supplicate the Deity

4. (intransitive, Oxford University) To request that an academic degree is awarded at a ceremony.

Related terms

• supplication

Translations

Italian

Verb

supplicate

1. second-person plural present indicative of supplicare
2. second-person plural imperative of supplicare
3. feminine plural of supplicato

Latin

Verb

supplic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of supplic?