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noun

Rave n. One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

Rave n.

An instance of raving.

A highly flattering or enthusiastic review of a play, book, etc.

A clamorous dance party, especially one featuring a band or disc jockey playing loud modern rock music oriented toward young people, held in a large room such as a warehouse, often organized by an informal or ad hoc sponsor. (originally British slang)

verb

Rave v. t. To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense.

Rave v. i. (past & past part. raved; pres. part. raving)

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." "Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?" "The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Killiecrankie."

To rush wildly or furiously.

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 of, though they know it not."

Rave v. obs. Imp. of Rive.

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"Rave" Quotes from Famous Books

... poor little simp thinks this feller's a angel. Why,—when she gets out o' her head, she don't rave about nothin' but him, beggin' him to help her. Ain't it somethin' fierce, though?" The blonde person dabbed at her ...

— The Purple Heights • Marie Conway Oemler

... (the Missionaries found him out and called him names, but they did not understand his trouble), he discovered Lalun on the City wall and became the most constant of her few admirers. He possessed a head that English artists at home would rave over and paint amid impossible surroundings—a face that female novelists would use with delight through nine hundred pages. In reality he was only a clean-bred young Muhammadan, with penciled eyebrows, small-cut nostrils, little feet and hands, and a very tired look in his eyes. By ...

— Indian Tales • Rudyard Kipling

... they were read by very few. He was a famous Painter, too, and shone upon the "line," And even MR. RUSKIN came and worshipped at his shrine; But, alas, the school he followed was heroically high - The kind of Art men rave about, but very seldom buy; And everybody said "How can he be repaid - This very great - this very good - this very gifted man?" But nobody could hit upon a ...

— Songs of a Savoyard • W. S. Gilbert

... better come with me, then. These people are all sharks. Everybody in Quebec's agog to see the Two- souled Lady. Answer no questions at all. Take not the least notice of them. Just follow me to the Custom House. Let them rave, ...

— Recalled to Life • Grant Allen

... between them left the trader overwhelmed. Alec, so tall, so clean-cut and athletic of build. His handsome face so classically molded. His fair hair the sort that any woman might rave over. Murray, insignificant, except in bulk. But for his curious dark eyes he must inevitably have been passed over without a ...

— The Triumph of John Kars - A Story of the Yukon • Ridgwell Cullum

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