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raving |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rave \Rave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raved}; p. pr & vb n. {Raving}.] [F. r[^e]ver 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Raving \Rav"ing\, a. Talking irrationally and wildly; as a raving lunatic. -- {Rav"ing*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: raving adj : talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic" [syn: {raving mad}, {wild}] n : declaiming wildly [syn: {rave}] adv : in a raving manner; "raving mad" [syn: {ravingly}]
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