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Webster 1913 Edition
Ravishment
1.
The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction;
as, the
. ravishment
of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husbandBlackstone.
2.
The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
Spenser.
In whose sight all things joy, with
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
ravishment
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
Milton.
3.
The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ravishment
RAV'ISHMENT
,Noun.
1.
The act of forcing a woman to carnal connection; forcible violation of chastity.2.
Rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy; pleasing violence of the mind or senses.All things joy with ravishment attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
3.
The act of carrying away; abduction; as the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband.