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Definition of ravish in English: ravishverb ˈravɪʃˈrævɪʃ [with object]1archaic Seize and carry off (someone) by force. there is no assurance that her infant child will not be ravished from her breast Example sentencesExamples - One night a wolf comes and kills many chickens and ravishes a lamb.
Synonyms kidnap, carry off, seize, capture, run away with, run off with, make off with, spirit away, hold hostage, hold to ransom, hijack - 1.1dated (of a man) rape (a woman)
an angry father who suspects that his daughter has been ravished Example sentencesExamples - Minutes later, the men were ravishing Cliona - separately at first, then together.
- She would be too ashamed to confide in the abbess about how she was ravished by a stranger.
- Is that what you said to the daughter of Merewala when you killed her father and ravished her?
- They are coming to kill every single man and woman with guns and knives, and to ravish our daughters and wives.
- He was supposed to have kept her awake, not ravish her, not rut her like some animal.
Synonyms rape, sexually assault/abuse, violate, force oneself on, molest seduce euphemistic take advantage of, have one's (wicked) way with archaic dishonour, defile
2literary Fill (someone) with intense delight; enrapture. ravished by a sunny afternoon, she had agreed without even thinking Example sentencesExamples - Nineteenth-century travellers were ravished by the romantic spectacle of them, as they were delighted by the orientalism of the city itself, with its mysterious and lascivious suggestions of the east.
Synonyms enrapture, send into raptures, enchant, fill with delight, delight, charm, entrance, enthral, captivate, bewitch, spellbind, fascinate, transport, overjoy informal blow away rare rapture
Origin Middle English: from Old French raviss-, lengthened stem of ravir, from an alteration of Latin rapere 'seize'. rape from Late Middle English: This originally referred to the violent seizure of property, and later to the carrying off of a woman by force. It comes via Anglo-Norman French from Latin rapere ‘seize’, also the source of the word rapacious and rapid [both M17th], and of rapt (Late Middle English) and rapture (late 16th century), when you are carried away by your feelings. In Old French repere was changed to ravir, source of ravish (Middle English). The plant name, rape, originally referred to the turnip. It is from Latin rapum, rapa ‘turnip’.
Definition of ravish in US English: ravishverbˈrævɪʃˈraviSH [with object]1archaic Seize and carry off (someone) by force. Example sentencesExamples - One night a wolf comes and kills many chickens and ravishes a lamb.
Synonyms kidnap, carry off, seize, capture, run away with, run off with, make off with, spirit away, hold hostage, hold to ransom, hijack - 1.1dated (of a man) force (a woman or girl) to have sexual intercourse against her will; rape.
Example sentencesExamples - They are coming to kill every single man and woman with guns and knives, and to ravish our daughters and wives.
- Is that what you said to the daughter of Merewala when you killed her father and ravished her?
- She would be too ashamed to confide in the abbess about how she was ravished by a stranger.
- Minutes later, the men were ravishing Cliona - separately at first, then together.
- He was supposed to have kept her awake, not ravish her, not rut her like some animal.
Synonyms rape, sexually abuse, sexually assault, violate, force oneself on, molest
2literary Fill (someone) with intense delight; enrapture. ravished by a sunny afternoon, she had agreed without even thinking Example sentencesExamples - Nineteenth-century travellers were ravished by the romantic spectacle of them, as they were delighted by the orientalism of the city itself, with its mysterious and lascivious suggestions of the east.
Synonyms enrapture, send into raptures, enchant, fill with delight, delight, charm, entrance, enthral, captivate, bewitch, spellbind, fascinate, transport, overjoy
Origin Middle English: from Old French raviss-, lengthened stem of ravir, from an alteration of Latin rapere ‘seize’. |