ravish

rav·ish  (rvsh)

tr.v. rav·ished, rav·ish·ing, rav·ish·es

1. To seize and carry away by force.

2. To rape; violate.

3. To overwhelm with emotion; enrapture. See Synonyms at enrapture.

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

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ravish·er n.

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ravish

Verb

1. to enrapture or delight: tourists ravished by our brilliant costumes

2. Literary to rape [Latin rapere to seize]

ravishment n

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"

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ravish

verb 1. (Literary) rape, sexually assault, violate, abuse, force, outrage

verb 2. enchant, transport, delight, charm, fascinate, entrance, captivate, enrapture, spellbind, overjoy

Translations

ravish [ˈrævɪʃ] vt (= charm) → encantar, embelesar (= rape); violar

ravish [ˈrævɪʃ] vt → ravir

ravish [ˈrævɪʃ] vt (= delight) → estasiare