RAVE, verb intransitive [Latin rabio, to rave to rage or be furious; rabies, rage.] 1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk irrationally; to be wild. when men thus rave we may conclude their brains are turned. 2. To utter furious exclamations; to be furious or raging; as a madman. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast? 3. To dote; to be unreasonably fond; followed by upon; as, to rave upon antiquity. [Hardly proper.] RAVE, noun the upper side-piece of timber of the body of a cart.
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