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Webster 1913 Edition


Ravishing

Rav′ish-ing

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Adj.
Rapturous; transporting.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ravishing

RAV'ISHING

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ppr.
1.
Snatching or taking by violence; compelling to submit to carnal intercourse; delighting to ecstasy.
2.
a. Delighting to rapture; transporting.

RAV'ISHING

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Noun.
1.
A seizing and carrying away by violence.
2.
Carnal knowledge by force against consent.
3.
Ecstatic delight; transport.