to cry craven

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• craven — cravenly, adv. cravenness, n. /kray veuhn/, adj. 1. cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. n. 2. a coward. 3. cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up. v.t. 4. to make cowardly. [1175 1225; ME cravant, cravaunde defeated < OF craventé, ptp …   Universalium

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• Craven — Lit. overcome . The cry of the defeated man, concluding a duel. From this we have our use of the word as an adjective qualifying coward. [?< OldFr. cravanter = to overcome, overwhelm] Cf. Duellum; Ictus regis; Recreantia …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• surrender — v 1. yield, deliver up, turn over, hand in, part with; render, remit; release, let go of, quit one s hold on, yield control of; relinquish, renounce, forsake, forgo, Law. disclaim; abdicate, resign, Chiefly Scot. demit; transfer, give over, cede …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• yield — v 1. produce, give forth, bear, bring forth, give birth to; blossom, flower, bear fruit, fructify; breed, spawn, conceive, beget, engender, reproduce; cause, give rise to; give, furnish, supply; impart, bestow, confer, impart, afford; render,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• capitulate — v 1. surrender, give up, lay down arms, raise the white flag, cry craven; yield, submit, succumb, fall, bite the dust; acknowledge defeat, come to terms; throw in the towel or the sponge, throw up one s hands; call it quits, Sl. pack it in, give… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• despair — n 1. hopelessness, disheartenment, dismay, discouragement; dejection, depression, despondency, slough of despond; defeatism, pessimism; resignation, resignedness. 2. gloom, melancholy, melancholia, misery, misera bleness, wretchedness, distress,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• despond — v be depressed, be cast down, despair; lose hope of, lose heart, give up, surrender, quit, Sl. pack it in, give up the ship, cry quits, cry craven, throw in the towel, throw in the sponge; falter, give way, sink, droop, pine away; mope, mourn,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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