Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) imp. of Rive. 2. (n.) One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh. 3. (v. i.) To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. 4. (v. i.) To rush wildly or furiously. 5. (v. i.) To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. 6. (v. t.) To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense.

Multi-Version Concordance Rave (1 Occurrence) 1 Samuel 21:15 have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this man come into my house? (DBY)