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Definition raven

Etymology 1

From Middle English raven, reven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (compare Icelandic hrafn, Dutch raaf, German Rabe, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ravn, Norwegian Nynorsk ramn), from Proto-Indo-European *?orh?-. Compare Middle Irish crú, Latin corvus, Lithuanian šárka (“magpie”), Serbo-Croatian svr?ka ‘id.’, Ancient Greek ????? (kórax)), from *?er-, *?or-. Compare furthermore Latin crep? (“I creak, crack”), Sanskrit ????? (k?pate, “he laments, he implores”).

Noun

raven (plural ravens)

1. Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.

Adjective

raven (not comparable)

1. Of the color of the raven; jet-black

Etymology 2

From Middle English ravene, ravine, from Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force”), itself from ravine (“rapine”), from Latin rapina (“plundering, loot”), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct”).

Noun

raven (plural ravens)

1. Rapine; rapacity.
2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

Verb

raven (third-person singular simple present ravens, present participle ravening, simple past and past participle ravened)

1. (transitive, archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
2. (transitive) To devour with great eagerness.
3. (transitive) To prey on with rapacity.
4. (intransitive) To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).

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