资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Craven \Cra"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cravened} (-v'nd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Cravening}.]
   To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs.]

         There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak
         hand.                                    --Shak.