RAVES
Proper noun
Raves
plural of Rave
Anagrams
• AVREs, avers, sarve, saver, vares, veras
Noun
raves
plural of rave
Verb
raves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rave
Anagrams
• AVREs, avers, sarve, saver, vares, veras
Source: Wiktionary
RAVE
Rave, n. Etym: [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon,
for carrying hay, etc.]
Definition: One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a
sleigh.
Rave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raved; p. pr. & vb. n. Raving.] Etym: [F.
rêver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to
rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.]
1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act
irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.
In our madness evermore we rave. Chaucer.
Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast Addison.
The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the
valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. Macaulay.
2. To rush wildly or furiously. Spencer.
3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or
excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her
beauty.
The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not.
Byron.
Rave, v. t.
Definition: To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave
nonsense. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition