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.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to demolish (a town, buildings, etc) completely; level (esp in the phrase raze to the ground) |
| 2. | to delete; erase |
| 3. | archaic to graze |
| [C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape] | |
| rase or rase | |
| —vb | |
| [C16: from Old French raser from Latin rādere to scrape] | |
| 'razer or rase | |
| —n | |
| 'raser or rase | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
raze
1547, alteration of racen "pull or knock down" (a building or town), from earlier rasen (14c.) "to scratch, slash, scrape, erase," from O.Fr. raser "to scrape, shave," from M.L. rasare, frequentative of L. radere (pp. rasus) "to scrape, shave," perhaps from PIE *razd- (cf. L. rastrum "rake"), possible
extended form of PIE base *red- "to scrape, scratch, gnaw" (see rodent).
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