ravish

rav·ish

 (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; enrapture

2. to rape

3. 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

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, violate assail, 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, delight delight, please - give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"

ravish

verb

1. (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 soul

Quotations
"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

verb

To compel (another) to participate in or submit to a sexual act:

assault, force, rape, violate.

Translations

schänden

ravir

estasiareincantarerapinareviolentare

ravish

[ˈrævɪʃ] VT

1. (= charm) → encantar, embelesar

2. (liter) (= carry off) → raptar, robar; (= rape) → violar

ravish

[ˈrævɪʃ] vt → ravir

ravish

vt

(= delight) → hinreißen

(old, liter: = rape) → schänden (geh); (obs: = abduct) → rauben

ravish

[ˈrævɪʃ] vt

a. (liter) (enchant, delight) → estasiare, rapire

b. (old) (rape) → violentare; (carry off) → rapire