rase

[ reyz ]

/ reɪz /

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Definition of rase

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

raze.

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OTHER WORDS FROM rase

raser, noun

Words nearby rase

rascal, rascality, rascally, rascasse, Ras Dashan, rase, rash, rasher, rash guard, Rashi, Rashid

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How to use rase in a sentence

Thare is a rase course here, built in a sircile, whare tha make hosses go round and round; tis delitesum tu behold!
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
We are goin' to visit the wrath of a down-trodden rase upon your frontispiece, that's what we is, d'ye hear, old Pilgarlick?
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 19, August 6, 1870|Various
Resolved: That when the mail rase is extinguished, the superior critter, woman, take peaceable possession of the ballit box.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870|Various
Sun-bonnet and pink frock and tight red stockings, and straight as a standard rase.
The Manxman|Hall Caine

This rase waz won after a bitter contest, by Pete Tucker's colt.
Josh Billings on Ice|Henry Wheeler Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for rase

rase

/ (reɪz) /

verb

a variant spelling of raze

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