RAVEN, noun ra'ven. [Heb. from its color. But this may be Latin corvus, rapio.] A large fowl of a black color, of the genus Corvus. RAVEN, verb transitive rav'n. 1. To devour with great eagerness; to eat with voracity. Our natures do pursue, like rats that raven down their proper bane, a thirsty evil, and when we drink, we die. Like a roaring lion, ravening the prey. Ezekiel 22:25. 2. To obtain by violence. RAVEN, verb intransitive rav'n. To prey with rapacity. Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Genesis 49:1. RAVEN, noun rav'n. 1. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. Nahum 2. 2. Rapine; rapacity.
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