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rase

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raze  \Raze\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Razed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Razing}.]  [F.  raser.  See  {Rase},  v.  t.]  [Written  also 
  {rase}.] 
  1.  To  erase;  to  efface;  to  obliterate. 
 
  Razing  the  characters  of  your  renown.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  subvert  from  the  foundation;  to  lay  level  with  the 
  ground;  to  destroy;  to  demolish. 
 
  The  royal  hand  that  razed  unhappy  Troy.  --Dryden. 
 
  Syn:  To  demolish;  level;  prostrate;  overthrow;  subvert; 
  destroy;  ruin.  See  {Demolish}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rase  \Rase\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  leveled  with  the  ground;  to  fall;  to  suffer  overthrow. 
  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rase  \Rase\,  n. 
  1.  A  scratching  out  or  erasure.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  A  slight  wound;  a  scratch.  [Obs.]  --Hooker. 
 
  3.  (O.  Eng.  Law)  A  way  of  measuring  in  which  the  commodity 
  measured  was  made  even  with  the  top  of  the  measuring 
  vessel  by  rasing,  or  striking  off  all  that  was  above  it 
  --Burrill. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rase  \Rase\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rased};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Rasing}.]  [F.  raser,  LL  rasare  to  scrape  often  v.  freq. 
  fr  L.  radere  rasum,  to  scrape,  shave;  cf  Skr.  rad  to 
  scratch,  gnaw,  L.  rodere  to  gnaw.  Cf  {Raze},  {Razee}, 
  {Razor},  {Rodent}.] 
  1.  To  rub  along  the  surface  of  to  graze.  [Obsoles.] 
 
  Was  he  not  in  the  .  .  .  neighborhood  to  death?  and 
  might  not  the  bullet  which  rased  his  cheek  have  gone 
  into  his  head?  --South. 
 
  Sometimes  his  feet  rased  the  surface  of  water,  and 
  at  others  the  skylight  almost  flattened  his  nose. 
  --Beckford. 
 
  2.  To  rub  or  scratch  out  to  erase.  [Obsoles.] 
 
  Except  we  rase  the  faculty  of  memory,  root  and 
  branch,  out  of  our  mind.  --Fuller. 
 
  3.  To  level  with  the  ground;  to  overthrow;  to  destroy;  to 
  raze.  [In  this  sense  {rase}  is  generally  used.] 
 
  Till  Troy  were  by  their  brave  hands  rased,  They 
  would  not  turn  home.  --Chapman. 
 
  Note:  This  word  rase,  may  be  considered  as  nearly  obsolete; 
  graze,  erase,  and  raze,  having  superseded  it 
 
  {Rasing  iron},  a  tool  for  removing  old  oakum  and  pitch  from 
  the  seams  of  a  vessel. 
 
  Syn:  To  erase;  efface;  obliterate;  expunge;  cancel;  level; 
  prostrate;  overthrow;  subvert;  destroy;  demolish;  ruin. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rase 
  v  :  tear  down  so  as  to  make  flat  with  the  ground;  "The  building 
  was  levelled"  [syn:  {level},  {raze},  {dismantle},  {tear 
  down},  {take  down},  {pull  down}]  [ant:  {raise}]




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