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rase

  [reyz]
Use rase in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), rased, ras⋅ing.
raze.
Related forms:
raser, noun

raze

  [reyz]
–verb (used with object), razed, raz⋅ing.
1. to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
2. to shave or scrape off.
Also, rase.

Origin:
1540–50; ME rasen < MF raser < *VL rāsāre to scrape, freq. of L rādere to scrape

Related forms:
razer, noun

Synonyms:
1. See destroy.
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rase 1   (rāz)   
tr.v.   rased, ras·ing, ras·es
To erase.

[Middle English rasen, to scrape off, erase; see raze.]
rase 2   (rāz)   
v.  Variant of raze.
raze also rase   (rāz)   
tr.v.   razed also rased, raz·ing also ras·ing, raz·es also ras·es

  1. To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin.

  2. To scrape or shave off.

  3. 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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