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ravishment

[ rav-ish-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

1470–80; < Middle French ravissement, equivalent to raviss- ( ravish ) + -ment -ment

His ravishment had suffered a sharp natural decline reflected in a mental gloom.

The ravishment of her beauty and her charm held him speechless.

There the finishing stroke of ravishment is given to the toilette disarranged by a long drive through the impeding snow.

What this is, what this ravishment of happiness is, cannot be known or guessed till we ourself have experienced it.

The other four kinds are—obtaining possession of a girl by purchase, fraud, ravishment or consent of the girl herself.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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