† ravishmealadv.
Obsolete. rare.
In a rushing manner; speedily, hastily. Cf ravishing adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > with rapid or sudden violence > as in carrying away
ravishmeala1382
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Job vi. 15 My breþern passeden beside me as a strem þat raueshemele [v.rr. raueshemelum, rauyshe meel; a1425 L.V. ruschyngli; v.r. ruschyngli and hastily; L. raptim] passeþ in valeis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adv.a1382- to give one's right arm to do something
- to give one's right arm to for something
- to give one's sense
- to give one's testimony
- to give one's vote
- to give one's wind
- to give one's word
- to give oneself airs
- to give oneself ill
- to give oneself satisfaction
- to give oneself wonder
- to give onset
- to give open ear
- to give or do one to understand
- to give or do to understand
- to give or get the shaft
- to give or make a back
- to give or make instance
- to give or take sea-room
- to give or take searoom
- to give out
- to give over
- to give over for
- to give over for dead
- to give over for lost