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Webster 1913 Edition
Ravage
Rav′age
(răv′ā̍j; 48)
, Noun.
[F., fr. (assumed) L.
rapagium
, rapaticum
, fr. rapere
to carry off by force, to ravish. See Rapacious
, Ravish
.] Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste;
as, the
ravage
of a lion; the ravages
of fire or tempest; the ravages
of an army, or of time.Would one think ’t were possible for love
To make such
To make such
ravage
in a noble soul? Addison.
Syn. – Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage; plunder; spoil; waste; ruin.
Rav′age
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ravaged
(răv′ā̍jd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ravaging
(răv′ā̍-jĭng)
.] To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Already Caesar
Has
Has
ravaged
more than half the globe. Addison.
His lands were daily
ravaged
, his cattle driven away. Macaulay.
Syn. – To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil; devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ravage
RAV'AGE
,Noun.
1.
Spoil; ruin; waste; destruction by violence, wither by men, beasts or physical causes; as the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army.Would one think 'twene possible for love to make such ravage in a noble soul.
2.
Waste; ruin; destruction by decay; as the ravages of time.RAV'AGE
, v.t.1.
To spoil; to plunder; to pillage; to sack.Already Cesar has ravag'd more than half the globe!
2.
To lay waste by any violent force; as, a flood or inundation ravages the meadows. The shatter'd forest and the ravag'd vale.
3.
to waste or destroy by eating; as fields ravaged by swarms of locusts.