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Rase
Rase
(rāz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rased
(rāzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rasing
.] 1.
To rub along the surface of; to graze.
[Obsoles.]
Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the bullet which
rased
his cheek have gone into his head? South.
Sometimes his feet
rased
the surface of the water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. Beckford.
2.
To rub or scratch out; to erase.
[Obsoles.]
Except we
rase
the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. Fuller.
3.
To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.
[In this sense
raze
is generally used.] Till Troy were by their brave hands
They would not turn home.
rased
,They would not turn home.
Chapman.
☞ This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.
Rasing iron
, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel.
Syn. – To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.
Rase
,Verb.
I.
To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
[Obs.]
Rase
,Noun.
1.
A scratching out, or erasure.
[Obs.]
2.
A slight wound; a scratch.
[Obs.]
Hooker.
3.
(O. Eng. Law)
A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.
Burrill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rase
RASE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pass along the surface of a thing, with striking or rubbing it at the same time; to graze.Might not the bullet which rased his cheek, have gone into his head? Obs.
2.
To erase; to scratch or rub out; or to blot out; to cancel.[In this sense, erase is generally used.]
3.
To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to rase a city.[In this sense, raze is generally used. This orthography, rase, may therefore be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase and raze having superseded it.]
RASE
, n1.
A cancel; erasure. [Not in use.]2.
A slight wound. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
rase
rase
English
Noun
rase (plural rases)
- A scratching out, or erasure
- A slight wound; a scratch
- A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it
Verb
rase (third-person singular simple present rases, present participle rasing, simple past and past participle rased)
- (obsolete) to rub along the surface of; to graze
- South
- Was he not in the […] neighbourhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head?
- Beckford
- Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose.
- South
- (obsolete) to rub or scratch out; to erase
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lostː
- Though of their Names in heav'nly Records now be no memorial, blotted out and ras'd. By their Rebellion, from the Books of Life.
- Fuller
- Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lostː
- to level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze
- Chapman
- Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, / They would not turn home.
- Chapman
- to be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːsə/, [ˈʁɑːsə]
Verb
rase (imperative ras, infinitive at rase, present tense raser, past tense rasede, perfect tense har raset)
Estonian
Adjective
rase (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Synonyms
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁaz/
Verb
rase
- first-person singular present indicative of raser
- third-person singular present indicative of raser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of raser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of raser
- second-person singular imperative of raser
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːzə
Verb
rase
- First-person singular present of rasen.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of rasen.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of rasen.
- Imperative singular of rasen.
Latin
Participle
rāse
- vocative masculine singular of rāsus
References
- RASE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)