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–verb (used with object), rased, ras·ing.

raze.

—Related forms

raser, noun

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rase¹ Audio Help (rāz) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. rased, ras·ing, ras·es
To erase.

[Middle English rasen, to scrape off, erase; see raze.]

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rase² Audio Help (rāz) Pronunciation Key
v. Variant of raze.

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raze also rase Audio Help (rāz) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. razed also rased, raz·ing also ras·ing, raz·es also ras·es

To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin.
To scrape or shave off.
Archaic To erase.

[Middle English rasen, to scrape off, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rāsāre, frequentative of Latin rādere; see rash².]

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rase
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tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level] [ant: erect]

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Ab*rade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Abrading.] [L. abradere, abrasum, to scrape off; ab + radere to scrape. See Rase, Raze.] To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks. --Lyell.

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E*rase"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased; p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.]

1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.

2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. --Burke.

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Rail\, v. i. [F. railler; cf. Sp. rallar to grate, scrape, molest; perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. radiculare, fr. L. radere to scrape, grate. Cf. Rally to banter, Rase.] To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; followed by at or against, formerly by on. --Shak.

And rail at arts he did not understand. --Dryden.

Lesbia forever on me rails. --Swift.

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Ras"cal\, n. [OE. rascaille rabble, probably from an OF. racaille, F. racaille the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to F. racler to scrape, (assumed) LL. rasiculare, rasicare, fr. L. radere, rasum. See Rase, v.]

1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer. [Obs.]

He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the rascal. --Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi. 19).

Poor men alone? No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns] as huge as the rascal. --Shak.

2. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.

For I have sense to serve my turn in store, And he's a rascal who pretends to more. --Dryden.

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Rase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rased; p. pr. & vb. n. Rasing.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq. fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. Raze, Razee, Razor, Rodent.]

1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.]

Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head? --South.

Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. --Beckford.

2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]

Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. --Fuller.

3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze. [In this sense rase is generally used.]

Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They would not turn home. --Chapman.

Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.

Rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel.

Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.

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1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.]

Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head? --South.

Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. --Beckford.

2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]

Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. --Fuller.

3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze. [In this sense rase is generally used.]

Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They would not turn home. --Chapman.

Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.

Rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel.

Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.

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Rase

Rase\, v. i. To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow. [Obs.]

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Rase

Rase\, n. 1. A scratching out, or erasure. [Obs.]

2. A slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] --Hooker.

3. (O. Eng. Law) A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it. --Burrill.

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Rash\, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.] (Med.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.

Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary.

Nettle rash. See Urticaria.

Rose rash. See Roseola.

Tooth rash. See Red-gum.

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Rash\, n. [Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It. & Sp. raso satin (cf. Rase); or cf. It. rascia serge, G. rasch, probably fr. Arras in France (cf. Arras).] An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted. [Obs.] --Donne.

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Rase

Ra*so`res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. radere, rasum, to scratch. See Rase, v. t.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of birds; the Gallin[ae].

Note: Formely, the word Rasores was used in a wider sense, so as to include other birds now widely separated in classification.

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Ra"sure\ (?; 135), n. [L. rasura, fr. radere, rasum, to scrape, to shave. See Rase, v.]

1. The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.

2. A mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an erasure. --Ayliffe.

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Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]

1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.

Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.

2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish.

The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.

Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.

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rase

Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]

1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.

Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.

2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish.

The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.

Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.

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Ra*zee"\, n. [F. vaisseau ras['e], fr. raser to rase, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] (Naut.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate. --Totten.

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Ra"zor\, n. [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]

1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head. "Take thee a barber's rasor." --Ezek. v. 1. -->

2. (Zo["o]l.) A task of a wild boar.

Razor fish. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryph[ae]na novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell.

Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth.

Razor grinder (Zo["o]l.), the European goat-sucker.

Razor shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, & Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also rasor clam, razor fish, knife handle.

Razor stone. Same as Novaculite.

Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.

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Ro"dent\, a. [L. rodens, -entis, p. pr. of rodere to gnaw. See Rase, v. t., and cf. Rostrum.]

1. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Gnawing. (b) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.

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