RAVE, v.i. [L. 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, n. the upper side-piece of timber of the body of a cart.
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