ravish

tr.v., -ished, -ish·ing, -ish·es.

1. To seize and carry away by force.
2. To force (another) to have sexual intercourse; rape.
3. To overwhelm with emotion; enrapture. See synonyms at enrapture.

[Middle English ravisshen, from Old French ravir, raviss-, from Vulgar Latin *rapīre, from Latin rapere, to seize.]

ravisher rav'ish·er n.

verb

To compel (another) to participate in or submit to a sexual act: assault, force, rape, violate. See sex/asexual.

v

Definition: enchant
Antonyms: disenchant, repulse, turn off

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Generally, synonymous with rape. Literally, to "ravish" is to seize or take by force. Traditionally, a valid indictment for rape required the use of the term "ravished," which implied the element of force or violence; it would thus constitute an "essential word in all indictments for rape, [importing] not only force and violence on the part of the man but resistance on the part of the woman." 6 Minn. 279, 285. Also, it "includes the meaning of the phrase ‘carnally known by force and against her will.'" Id.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skænde, voldtage, henføre, henrykke, begejstre

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkrachten, verrukken, onder dwang afvoeren, beroven

Français (French)
v. tr. - ravir, enchanter, ravir (une femme), violenter (une femme), violer

Deutsch (German)
v. - entzücken, schänden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (απαρχ.) απάγω, (δι)αρπάζω, βιάζω, συναρπάζω, γοητεύω

Italiano (Italian)
rapire, (dir.) violentare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - lisonjear

Русский (Russian)
похищать, насиловать, обольщать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - arrebatar, raptar, encantar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hänföra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使陶醉, 使销魂, 使狂喜, 强夺, 抢走, 强奸

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使陶醉, 使銷魂, 使狂喜, 強奪, 搶走, 強姦

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 강탈하다, 황홀하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - うっとりさせる, 狂喜させる, 強姦する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسلب, يفتن, يغتصب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חטף, הקסים, אנס‬

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