ravish

ravish
    v 1: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
         was raped on her way home at night" [syn: {rape}, {ravish},
         {violate}, {assault}, {dishonor}, {dishonour}, {outrage}]
    2: hold spellbound [syn: {enchant}, {enrapture}, {transport},
       {enthrall}, {ravish}, {enthral}, {delight}] [ant:
       {disenchant}, {disillusion}]
    

Ravish \Rav"ish\ (r[a^]v"[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravished}
   (-[i^]sht); 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.
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            These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin
            Will quicken, and accuse thee.        --Shak.
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            This hand shall ravish thy pretended right.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
      "Ravished . . . for the joy." --Chaucer.
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            Thou hast ravished my heart.          --Cant. iv. 9.
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   3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and
      against her consent; to rape. --Shak.
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   Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate;
        deflower; force.
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98 Moby Thesaurus words for "ravish":
      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