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Entry 7 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Raven

/(rā"v'n)/ · Ra·ven · IPA /ˈɹeɪvən/
01 n. A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern part…
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    A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Sea raven — the cormorant.
02 a. Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
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    Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
03 n. Rapine; rapacity.
  1. 1.
    Rapine; rapacity.
  2. 2.
    Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
04 v. t. To obtain or seize by violence.
imp. & p. p. Ravened; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravening
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    To obtain or seize by violence.
  2. 2.
    To devour with great eagerness.
    “Like rats that ravin down their proper bane.” — Shak.
05 v. i. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
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    To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
    “Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.” — Gen. xlix. 27.