Ravish \Rav"ish\ (r[a^]v"[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished (-[i^]sht); 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. [1913 Webster]

These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Thou hast ravished my heart. --Cant. iv. 9. [1913 Webster]

3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflower; force. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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ravish

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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. ``Ravished . . . for the joy.'' --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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)