"rave" Definition

Definitions for the word "rave" from multiple English dictionaries.

1.
imp. of Rive.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To rush wildly or furiously.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v.
(-ving) 1 talk wildly or furiously in or as in delirium. 2 (usu. Foll. By about, over) speak with rapturous admiration; go into raptures. 3 colloq. Enjoy oneself freely (esp. Rave it up). n. 1 (usu. Attrib.) Colloq. Highly enthusiastic review. 2 (also rave-up) colloq. Lively party. 3 slang craze. [probably french dial. Raver]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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