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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rave  \Rave\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Raved};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Raving}.]  [F.  r[^e]ver  to  rave,  to  be  delirious,  to  dream; 
  perhaps  fr  L.  rabere  to  rave,  rage,  be  mad  or  furious.  Cf 
  {Rage},  {Reverie}.] 
  1.  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.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Have  I  not  cause  to  rave  and  beat  my  breast? 
  --Addison. 
 
  The  mingled  torrent  of  redcoats  and  tartans  went 
  raving  down  the  valley  to  the  gorge  of  Kiliecrankie 
  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  To  rush  wildly  or  furiously.  --Spencer. 
 
  3.  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  on  though  they 
  know  it  not  --Byron. 




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