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rav⋅ish
[rav-ish] 
ɪʃ
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to fill with strong emotion, esp. joy. |
| 2. | to seize and carry off by force. |
| 3. | to carry off (a woman) by force. |
| 4. | to rape (a woman). |
Related forms:
rav⋅ished⋅ly, adverb
rav⋅ish⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1. enrapture, transport, enthrall, delight, captivate.
1. enrapture, transport, enthrall, delight, captivate.
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| rav·ish (rāv'ĭsh) tr.v. rav·ished, rav·ish·ing, rav·ish·es
[Middle English ravisshen, from Old French ravir, raviss-, from Vulgar Latin *rapīre, from Latin rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.] rav'ish·er n. |
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Ravish
Rav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.]1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. --Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. --Dryden. 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." --Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. --Cant. iv. 9. 3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. --Shak. Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force.
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ravish
c.1300, "to seize (someone) by violence, carry (a person, esp. a woman) away," from O.Fr. raviss-, prp. stem of ravir "to seize, take away hastily," from V.L. *rapire, from L. rapere "to seize, hurry away" (see rapid). Meaning "to commit rape upon" is recorded from 1436. Ravishing "act of plundering" is from c.1300; in the sense of "enchanting" it is attested from c.1430, from notion of "carrying off from earth to heaven" (c.1330).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: rav·ish
Pronunciation: 'ra-vish
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, to seize and take away by violence, from Middle French raviss-, stem of ravir, ultimately from Latin rapere to seize, rob
: RAPE —rav·ish·ment noun
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