- cravanter
- Cravanter, ou Craventer, id est verberibus vel labore grauare et conficere, g, in c.
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Craven — Cra ven (kr? v n), a. [OE. cravant, cravaunde, OF. cravant? struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to break, crush, strike down, fr. an assumed LL. crepantare, fr. L. crepans, p. pr. of crepare to break, crack, rattle. Cf. {Crevice},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
craven — cravenly, adv. cravenness, n. /kray veuhn/, adj. 1. cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. n. 2. a coward. 3. cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up. v.t. 4. to make cowardly. [1175 1225; ME cravant, cravaunde defeated < OF craventé, ptp … Universalium
Craven — Lit. overcome . The cry of the defeated man, concluding a duel. From this we have our use of the word as an adjective qualifying coward. [?< OldFr. cravanter = to overcome, overwhelm] Cf. Duellum; Ictus regis; Recreantia … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
accravanter — ⇒AC(C)RAVANTER, (ACRAVANTER, ACCRAVANTER) verbe neutre et pronom. 1. Région. Ployer sous un fardeau. 2. Fig., vx. [Le suj. désigne un inanimé abstr.] S écraser, s écrouler : • Depuis Locke, Malebranche, Condillac, combien de rêvasseries… … Encyclopédie Universelle
acravanter — ⇒AC(C)RAVANTER, (ACRAVANTER, ACCRAVANTER) verbe neutre et pronom. 1. Région. Ployer sous un fardeau. 2. Fig., vx. [Le suj. désigne un inanimé abstr.] S écraser, s écrouler : • Depuis Locke, Malebranche, Condillac, combien de rêvasseries… … Encyclopédie Universelle
craven — [13] Craven originally meant simply ‘defeated’, and only gradually came to have the pejorative sense ‘cowardly’. It probably came from Old French cravante ‘defeated’, the past participle of the verb cravanter, which in turn came via Vulgar Latin… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
craven — early 13c., cravant, perhaps from O.Fr. crevante defeated, pp. of cravanter to strike down, to fall down, from L. crepare to crack, creak. Sense affected by CRAVE (Cf. crave) and moved from defeated to cowardly (c.1400) perhaps via intermediary… … Etymology dictionary
craven — adjective contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly. noun archaic a cowardly person. Derivatives cravenly adverb cravenness noun Origin ME cravant defeated , perh. via Anglo Norman Fr. from OFr. cravanter crush, overwhelm , based on L. crepare… … English new terms dictionary
craven — cra•ven [[t]ˈkreɪ vən[/t]] adj. 1) cowardly; contemptibly timid 2) a coward • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME cravant, cravaunde defeated < OF craventé, ptp. of cravanter to crush, overwhelm cra′ven•ly, adv. cra′ven•ness, n … From formal English to slang
craven — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly. DERIVATIVES cravenly adverb. ORIGIN from obsolete cravant «defeated», perhaps from Old French cravanter crush, overwhelm … English terms dictionary
