ravened
SayRAV-uhnd/ˈɹævənd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of raven.
The wolves ravened through the countryside, leaving little behind.
Raiders had ravened the coastal villages before the navy arrived.
Note
One spelling does double duty here. It stands alone as a past tense (the wolves ravened) and follows had or was in perfect and passive constructions. It belongs to the verb of plunder and greedy devouring, not to the black bird that shares the spelling. The verb works with or without an object: raiders ravened the villages, or beasts ravened on their prey. The plunder meaning now reads as archaic.
ravened is a form of raven
raven, verb: To prey on or devour something greedily and violently. Full entry
- Spelling
- raven → ravened: add -ed
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