ravish
verb /ˈrævɪʃ/
/ˈrævɪʃ/
(literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ravish | /ˈrævɪʃ/ /ˈrævɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it ravishes | /ˈrævɪʃɪz/ /ˈrævɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple ravished | /ˈrævɪʃt/ /ˈrævɪʃt/ |
| past participle ravished | /ˈrævɪʃt/ /ˈrævɪʃt/ |
| -ing form ravishing | /ˈrævɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈrævɪʃɪŋ/ |
- ravish somebody (of a man) to force a woman to have sex synonym rape
- [usually passive] ravish somebody to give somebody great pleasure
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French raviss-, lengthened stem of ravir, from an alteration of Latin rapere ‘seize’.