Ravish

Verb

 * 1) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
 * 2)  To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
 * 3)  To rape.
 * 4) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
 * For loe that Guest would beare her forcibly, / And meant to ravish her, that rather had to dy.
 * 1) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
 * For loe that Guest would beare her forcibly, / And meant to ravish her, that rather had to dy.

Synonyms

 * abripe
 * kidnap

Derived Terms

 * ravishing
 * ravishment

Adverbs for Ravish
violently; brutally; lustfully; lasciviously; fearfully; viciously; criminally; grossly; sordidly; passionately; bestially; sickeningly.

Thesaurus
abuse, adulterate, alloy, assault sexually, becharm, betray, bewitch, canker, captivate, carry away, charm, cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, deceive, defile, deflorate, deflower, degenerate, degrade, delectate, delight, denature, deprave, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devalue, devirginate, distort, enchant, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, fleece, forage, foray, force, freak out, freeboot, gut, imparadise, infect, knock dead, knock out, lead astray, loot, maraud, mislead, misuse, outrage, pervert, pillage, plunder, poison, pollute, possess sexually, prey on, prostitute, raid, ransack, rape, ravage, raven, reive, rifle, ruin, sack, seduce, send, slay, soil, spellbind, spoil, spoliate, sully, sweep, taint, take, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, trance, transport, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, wow

Etymology
From the stem of, ravir:, from  *undefined:, from  rapere:.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"r{v.IS/}}

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Italian: rapire
 * Portuguese: raptar
 * Russian: схватить


 * Dutch: vervoering ,


 * French: