What (who) is Ravish - definition
ravish
FAMILY NAME
Ravish (disambiguation)
v. a.
1.
Violate, deflour, constuprate, defile, abuse, debauch, force, outrage, commit rape upon.
2.
Enchant, charm, captivate, delight, enrapture, transport, entrance, delight, overjoy.
3.
Strip, seize, snatch by force.
ravish
FAMILY NAME
Ravish (disambiguation)
¦ verb archaic or literary
1. fill with intense delight; enrapture.
2. seize and carry off by force.
3. rape.
Derivatives
ravisher noun
ravishment noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. raviss-, ravir, from an alt. of L. rapere 'seize'.
ravish
FAMILY NAME
Ravish (disambiguation)
(ravishes, ravishing, ravished)
If a woman is ravished by a man, she is raped by him. (LITERARY)
She'll never know how close she came to being dragged off and ravished.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
Pronunciation examples for Ravish
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Examples of use of Ravish
1. I will ravish you." Miss Roberts said: "It could have been anyone (writing the letters). "Everyone was a suspect.
2. You cant ravish a tin of sardines. (On the other hand, if you are planning to ravish a tin of sardines, a nice purple satin blindfold is probably quite useful.) Lawrences literary executors are not going to take it lying down; they are writing a letter of bitter complaint to Ann Summers, arguing that the name of Lawrences novel has been traduced.
3. Or is it more likely that she had too much to drink, allowed Reed to ravish her, and was afterwards overcome by remorse and disgust?
4. "We‘ll be away about an hour, long enough for me to ravish him sexually then bring him back safely, is that okay?" she announces brightly to his parents, who laugh at this uproarious joke.
5. Updated: Monday, February 20, 2006 at 1500 hours IST Pune, February 20: Although most city restaurants denied a decrease in demand for chicken–based dishes on Sunday, following news of the outbreak of bird flu in the State, hotel and restaurants owners admit that they need to wait and watch over the next few days to decide which way the tide will turn. «As of now, we have not recorded any reduction in the demand for chicken dishes at our restaurant,» says Ravish Arora, partner Polka Dots, but adds that it would perhaps take a day or two for the situation to be more clear: «If the situation worsens then our focus will shift to increasing non–poultry items on our menu.