ravish
verb (used with object)
to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
ravisher
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a word derived from
ravish.
Example Sentences
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"Messiah" is still a potent ravisher of the musical senses, if the number of productions this month in Seattle is anything to go by.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2010
Ah, God! she knelt to me as she had knelt to that other would-be ravisher and begged me for mine own honor's sake to bethink me of what I would do.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
Be not a Tyrant, A ravisher of honour, gentle Sir, And I will think ye such, and on my knees, As to my Soveraign, pay a Subjects duty, With prayers and tears.
From The Little French Lawyer A Comedy by Beaumont, Francis
I know not what Thracian lord recovers his daughter from her ravisher; such are among the words they exchange: Father.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
The smallpox will too soon turn a ravisher, and rifle all those sweets and charms that might be able to vanquish a king and to subdue a conqueror of mighty battles.
From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel
