Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to craven
Participle: cravened
Gerund: cravening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | craven |
| you | craven |
| he;she;it | cravens |
| we | craven |
| you | craven |
| they | craven |
Perfect
| I | have cravened |
| you | have cravened |
| he;she;it | has cravened |
| we | have cravened |
| you | have cravened |
| they | have cravened |
Past
| I | cravened |
| you | cravened |
| he;she;it | cravened |
| we | cravened |
| you | cravened |
| they | cravened |
Pluperfect
| I | had cravened |
| you | had cravened |
| he;she;it | had cravened |
| we | had cravened |
| you | had cravened |
| they | had cravened |
Future
| I | will craven |
| you | will craven |
| he;she;it | will craven |
| we | will craven |
| you | will craven |
| they | will craven |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cravened |
| you | will have cravened |
| he;she;it | will have cravened |
| we | will have cravened |
| you | will have cravened |
| they | will have cravened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | craven |
| you | craven |
| he;she;it | craven |
| we | craven |
| you | craven |
| they | craven |
Perfect
| I | have cravened |
| you | have cravened |
| he;she;it | have cravened |
| we | have cravened |
| you | have cravened |
| they | have cravened |
Imperfect
| I | cravened |
| you | cravened |
| he;she;it | cravened |
| we | cravened |
| you | cravened |
| they | cravened |
Pluperfect
| I | had cravened |
| you | had cravened |
| he;she;it | had cravened |
| we | had cravened |
| you | had cravened |
| they | had cravened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would craven |
| you | would craven |
| he;she;it | would craven |
| we | would craven |
| you | would craven |
| they | would craven |
Perfect
| I | would have cravened |
| you | would have cravened |
| he;she;it | would have cravened |
| we | would have cravened |
| you | would have cravened |
| they | would have cravened |
Imperative
| you | craven |
| we | Let's craven |
| you | craven |
Verbs conjugated like 'craven'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'craven'
braven,
crave,
crazen,
graven,
raven,
brave,
brazen,
caravan,
cave,
cavern,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, perhaps from O.Fr. cravante "defeated," pp. of cravanter, from L. crepare "to crack, creak." Sense affected by crave and moved from "defeated" to "cowardly" (1581) perhaps via intermediary sense of "confess oneself defeated."
2. From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).
Sample Sentences
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There is a prohibition so divine / That cravens my weak hand. [1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:]