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Meaning of 'ravish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ravish [ v. t.]
- To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
- To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
- To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape.

Meaning of 'ravish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ravish [ v]
Meaning (1):
- force (someone) to have sex against their will
Example in sentence:
  • The woman was raped on her way home at night

Nearby Words:

ravage ravaged ravager ravaging rave raved ravehook ravel raveled raveler

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