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ravish
/ ˈrævɪʃ /
verb
- often passive to give great delight to; enrapture
- to rape
- archaic.to carry off by force
Derived Forms
- ˈravishment, noun
- ˈravisher, noun
Other Words From
- ravished·ly adverb
- ravish·er noun
- un·ravished adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ravish1
Example Sentences
Hughes’s paintings are ravishing merely as color-blending exercises, but their layered depths have poignant human significance.
Next they wanted to know if Hill had told "the black men to ravish all the white women."
The remembrance of these times of happiness and innocence frequently returning to my mind, both ravish and affect me.
Thy voice sends forth such music, that I never Was ravish'd with a more celestial sound.
Callot's men are users of the wheel and the estrapade; they roast the husband while they ravish the wife.
It was a feat altogether to ravish a delighted father's heart, and no wonder that he counted John so great a comfort.
The perfect symmetry of this marvellous structure would ravish Michel Angelo.
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