ravish

ravish

abduct, rape, or carry away with emotion: ravish the young women
Not to be confused with:ravage – wreak great destruction or devastation: ravage the enemy camp

rav·ish

R0059800 (răv′ĭsh)tr.v. rav·ished, rav·ish·ing, rav·ish·es 1. To force (another) to have sexual intercourse; rape.2. To overwhelm with emotion; enrapture: moviegoers who were ravished with delight.3. Archaic To seize and carry away by force.

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[Middle English ravishen, from Old French ravir, raviss-, from Vulgar Latin *rapīre, from Latin rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]

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rav′ish·er n.rav′ish·ment n.

ravish

(ˈrævɪʃ) vb (tr) 1. (often passive) to give great delight to; enrapture2. to rape3. archaic to carry off by force[C13: from Old French ravir, from Latin rapere to seize] ˈravisher n ˈravishment n

rav•ish

(ˈræv ɪʃ)

v.t. 1. to transport with strong emotion, esp. joy. 2. to rape; violate. 3. to seize and carry off by force. 4. to rob; plunder. [1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French raviss-, long s. of ravir to seize] rav′ish•er, n. rav′ish•ment, n.

ravish

Past participle: ravished
Gerund: ravishing

Imperative
ravish
ravish

Present
I ravish
you ravish
he/she/it ravishes
we ravish
you ravish
they ravish

Preterite
I ravished
you ravished
he/she/it ravished
we ravished
you ravished
they ravished

Present Continuous
I am ravishing
you are ravishing
he/she/it is ravishing
we are ravishing
you are ravishing
they are ravishing

Present Perfect
I have ravished
you have ravished
he/she/it has ravished
we have ravished
you have ravished
they have ravished

Past Continuous
I was ravishing
you were ravishing
he/she/it was ravishing
we were ravishing
you were ravishing
they were ravishing

Past Perfect
I had ravished
you had ravished
he/she/it had ravished
we had ravished
you had ravished
they had ravished

Future
I will ravish
you will ravish
he/she/it will ravish
we will ravish
you will ravish
they will ravish

Future Perfect
I will have ravished
you will have ravished
he/she/it will have ravished
we will have ravished
you will have ravished
they will have ravished

Future Continuous
I will be ravishing
you will be ravishing
he/she/it will be ravishing
we will be ravishing
you will be ravishing
they will be ravishing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ravishing
you have been ravishing
he/she/it has been ravishing
we have been ravishing
you have been ravishing
they have been ravishing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ravishing
you will have been ravishing
he/she/it will have been ravishing
we will have been ravishing
you will have been ravishing
they will have been ravishing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ravishing
you had been ravishing
he/she/it had been ravishing
we had been ravishing
you had been ravishing
they had been ravishing

Conditional
I would ravish
you would ravish
he/she/it would ravish
we would ravish
you would ravish
they would ravish

Past Conditional
I would have ravished
you would have ravished
he/she/it would have ravished
we would have ravished
you would have ravished
they would have ravished

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	ravish - force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"rape, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, violateassail, assault, set on, 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"
	2.	ravish - hold spellbound enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, transport, delightdelight, please - give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"

ravish

verb1. (Literary) rape, sexually assault, violate, abuse, force, outrage Her ravished body was found a week later.2. enchant, transport, delight, charm, fascinate, entrance, captivate, enrapture, spellbind, overjoy an eerie power to ravish the eye and seduce the soulQuotations
"He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him" [Henry Fielding Jonathan Wild]

ravish

verbTo compel (another) to participate in or submit to a sexual act:assault, force, rape, violate.

Translations

schändenravirestasiareincantarerapinareviolentare