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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.




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