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Webster 1913 Edition

Raze

Raze

(rāz)
,
Noun.
[See
Race
.]
A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
[Obs.]

Raze

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Razed
(rāzd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Razing
.]
[F.
raser
. See
Rase
,
Verb.
T.
]
[Written also
rase
.]
1.
To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
Razing
the characters of your renown.
Shakespeare
2.
To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
The royal hand that
razed
unhappy Troy.
Dryden.
Syn. – To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See
Demolish
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Raze

RAZE

,
Noun.
A root. [See Race-ginger, under Race.]

RAZE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. rasus, rado. See Rase and Erase.]
1.
To subvert from the foundation; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish; as, to raze a city to the ground.
The royal hand that raz'd unhappy Troy.
2.
To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
Razing the characters of your renown.
[In this sense, rase and erase are now used.]
3.
To extirpate.
And raze their factions and their family.

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