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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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