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ravir
ravir
French
Verb
ravir
- to ravish (to seize by force)
- to ravish, delight or thrill (transport with joy)
- to charm, bewitch, dazzle or fascinate
- to plunder, rob or loot
- to kidnap or abduct
Derived terms
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of ravir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ravir | avoir ravi | |||||
| gerund | en ravissant | en ayant ravi | |||||
| present participle | ravissant /ʁa.vi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ravi /ʁa.vi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ravis /ʁa.vi/ |
ravis /ʁa.vi/ |
ravit /ʁa.vi/ |
ravissons /ʁa.vi.sɔ̃/ |
ravissez /ʁa.vi.se/ |
ravissent /ʁa.vis/ |
| imperfect | ravissais /ʁa.vi.sɛ/ |
ravissais /ʁa.vi.sɛ/ |
ravissait /ʁa.vi.sɛ/ |
ravissions /ʁa.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
ravissiez /ʁa.vi.sje/ |
ravissaient /ʁa.vi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ravis /ʁa.vi/ |
ravis /ʁa.vi/ |
ravit /ʁa.vi/ |
ravîmes /ʁa.vim/ |
ravîtes /ʁa.vit/ |
ravirent /ʁa.viʁ/ |
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| future | ravirai /ʁa.vi.ʁe/ |
raviras /ʁa.vi.ʁa/ |
ravira /ʁa.vi.ʁa/ |
ravirons /ʁa.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
ravirez /ʁa.vi.ʁe/ |
raviront /ʁa.vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ravirais /ʁa.vi.ʁɛ/ |
ravirais /ʁa.vi.ʁɛ/ |
ravirait /ʁa.vi.ʁɛ/ |
ravirions /ʁa.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
raviriez /ʁa.vi.ʁje/ |
raviraient /ʁa.vi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ravisse /ʁa.vis/ |
ravisses /ʁa.vis/ |
ravisse /ʁa.vis/ |
ravissions /ʁa.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
ravissiez /ʁa.vi.sje/ |
ravissent /ʁa.vis/ |
| imperfect1 |
ravisse /ʁa.vis/ |
ravisses /ʁa.vis/ |
ravît /ʁa.vi/ |
ravissions /ʁa.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
ravissiez /ʁa.vi.sje/ |
ravissent /ʁa.vis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | ravis /ʁa.vi/ |
— | ravissons /ʁa.vi.sɔ̃/ |
ravissez /ʁa.vi.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Verb
ravir
- to ravish (to seize by force)
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
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Li homes ont ocis e li aveirs raviz
- [They] killed the men and ravished their belongings
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Li homes ont ocis e li aveirs raviz
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