cravev. t.[AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefja, Sw. krfva, Dan. krve.]1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.()I crave your honor's pardon. (Shak.)Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. (Mark xv. 43.)2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.()His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. (Edmund Gurney.)()v. i. To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.()Once one may crave for love. (Suckling.)