Definition of raven

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Raven (n.) Rapine; rapacity.

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Craven :: Craven (a.) Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.
Raven :: Raven (n.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity..
Lepidomelane :: Lepidomelane (n.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica..
Cormoraut :: Cormoraut (a.) Ravenous; voracious.
Raven :: Raven (n.) Rapine; rapacity.
Contravener :: Contravener (n.) One who contravenes.
Disoblige :: Disoblige (v. t.) To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.
Ravening :: Ravening (a.) Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves..
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
Ravine :: Ravine (n.) Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
Intraventricular :: Intraventricular (a.) Within or between ventricles.
Gormand :: Gormand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.
Circumduct :: Circumduct (v. t.) To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature..
Contravene :: Contravene (v. t.) To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law..
Greedy :: Greedy (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey..
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..
Ravine :: Ravine (v. t. & i.) See Raven, v. t. & i..
Poltroon :: Poltroon (n.) An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
Raphany :: Raphany (n.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism..
Contravene :: Contravene (v. t.) To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.
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