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Webster 1913 Edition

Ravish

Rav′ish

(răv′ĭsh)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ravished
(-ĭsht)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ravishing
.]
[OE.
ravissen
, F.
ravir
, fr. L.
rapere
to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See
Rapacious
,
Rapid
, and
-ish
.]
1.
To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
These hairs which thou dost
ravish
from my chin
Will quicken, and accuse thee.
Shakespeare
This hand shall
ravish
thy pretended right.
Dryden.
2.
To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
“Ravished . . . for the joy.”
Chaucer.
Thou hast
ravished
my heart.
Cant. iv. 9.
3.
To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape.
Shak.
Syn. – To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflower; force.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ravish

RAV'ISH

,
Verb.
T.
[L. rapio.]
1.
To seize and carry away by violence.
These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin, will quicken and accuse thee.
This hand shall ravish thy pretended right.
2.
To have carnal knowledge of a woman by force and against her consent. Is. 13. Zech. 14.
3.
To bear away with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy; to transport.
Thou hast ravished my heart. Prov. 5.

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