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ravish

[ rav-ish ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.

    Synonyms: captivate, delight, enthrall, transport, enrapture

  2. to seize and carry off by force.
  3. to carry off (a woman) by force.
  4. to rape (a woman).


ravish

/ ˈrævɪʃ /

verb

  1. often passive to give great delight to; enrapture
  2. to rape
  3. archaic.
    to carry off by force
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈravishment, noun
  • ˈravisher, noun
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Other Words From

  • ravished·ly adverb
  • ravish·er noun
  • un·ravished adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ravish1

1250–1300; Middle English ravishen < Middle French raviss-, long stem of ravir to seize ≪ Latin rapere; rape 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ravish1

C13: from Old French ravir , from Latin rapere to seize
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Example Sentences

Hughes’s paintings are ravishing merely as color-blending exercises, but their layered depths have poignant human significance.

Next they wanted to know if Hill had told "the black men to ravish all the white women."

The remembrance of these times of happiness and innocence frequently returning to my mind, both ravish and affect me.

Thy voice sends forth such music, that I never Was ravish'd with a more celestial sound.

Callot's men are users of the wheel and the estrapade; they roast the husband while they ravish the wife.

It was a feat altogether to ravish a delighted father's heart, and no wonder that he counted John so great a comfort.

The perfect symmetry of this marvellous structure would ravish Michel Angelo.

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