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English Dictionary: ravish	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ravish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ravish v force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" Synonym(s): rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage hold spellbound Synonym(s): enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight Antonym(s): disenchant, disillusion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ravish \Rav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ravishing}.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See {Rapacious}, {Rapid}, and {-ish}.] 1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. --Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. --Dryden. 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. [bd]Ravished . . . for the joy.[b8] --Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. --Cant. iv. 9. 3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. --Shak. Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force.