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to ravish a woman

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ravish — (v.) c.1300, to seize (someone) by violence, carry (a person, especially a woman) away, from O.Fr. raviss , prp. stem of ravir to seize, take away hastily, from V.L. *rapire, from L. rapere to seize, hurry away (see RAPID (Cf. rapid)). Meaning to …   Etymology dictionary

  • ravish — [rav′ish] vt. [ME ravishen < inflectional stem of OFr ravir, to carry away < VL * rapire, for L rapere, to seize: see RAPE1] 1. to seize and carry away forcibly 2. to rape (a woman) 3. to transport with joy or delight; enrapture ravisher n …   English World dictionary

  • ravish — UK [ˈrævɪʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms ravish : present tense I/you/we/they ravish he/she/it ravishes present participle ravishing past tense ravished past participle ravished mainly literary to rape a woman (= force her to have sex) …   English dictionary

  • ravish — /ˈrævɪʃ / (say ravish) verb (t) 1. to fill with strong emotion, especially joy. 2. to carry off (a woman) by force. 3. to rape (a woman). 4. Obsolete to seize and carry off by force. {Middle English ravisshe(n), from Old French ravir, from Latin… …  

  • ravish —    to copulate with a woman against her will    Originally, to seize or carry off anything:     The ravish d Helen, Menelaus wife,    With wanton Paris sleeps. (Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida)    and in more modern use:     I don t know why,… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • ravish — ravishedly, adv. ravisher, n. /rav ish/, v.t. 1. to fill with strong emotion, esp. joy. 2. to seize and carry off by force. 3. to carry off (a woman) by force. 4. to rape (a woman). [1250 1300; ME ravishen < MF raviss , long s. of ravir to seize… …   Universalium

  • ravish — rav|ish [ˈrævıʃ] v [T] literary [Date: 1200 1300; : French; Origin: ravir, from Latin rapere; RAPE1] 1.) to force a woman to have sex = ↑rape 2.) to badly harm something ▪ a landscape ravished by drought …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ravish — rav|ish [ rævıʃ ] verb transitive MAINLY LITERARY 1. ) to RAPE a woman (=force her to have sex) 2. ) to make someone feel great pleasure: He was ravished by the music …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ravish — [[t]ræ̱vɪʃ[/t]] ravishes, ravishing, ravished VERB: usu passive If a woman is ravished by a man, she is raped by him. [LITERARY] [be V ed] She ll never know how close she came to being dragged off and ravished. Syn: rape …   English dictionary

  • ravish — verb (T) literary 1 to rape a woman 2 be ravished to feel great pleasure when you look at or listen to something: I was ravished by her beauty …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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