Definition of ravish Ravish
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We found 12 definitions of ravish from 6 different sources.
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What does ravish mean?
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| ravish - force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" | ||
| rape, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage | ||
| set on, assail, assault, attack attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" | ||
| gang-rape rape (someone) successively with several attackers; "The prisoner was gang-raped" | ||
| ravish - hold spellbound | ||
| enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, enthral, delight | ||
| disenchant, disillusion free from enchantment | ||
| delight, please take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ravish (v. t.)
To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. - ravish (v. t.)
To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. - ravish (v. t.)
To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ravish
To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon another person, without their consent. -
ravish
To delight to a high degree; to hold spellbound.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ravish
rav′ish, v.t. to seize or carry away by violence: to rob: to have sexual intercourse with by force: to fill with ecstasy.—n. Rav′isher.—p.adj. Rav′ishing, delighting to rapture: transporting: ecstatic.—adv. Rav′ishingly, in a ravishing manner: with rapture.—n. Rav′ishment, act of ravishing: abduction: rape: ecstatic delight: rapture. [Fr. ravir—L. rapĕre.]
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🔤- ravish, verb, present, 1st person singular of ravish (infinitive).
- ravish, verb (infinitive).
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