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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
.] [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.
RAZE
,Verb.
T.
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.
Definition 2024
raze
raze
English
Verb
raze (third-person singular simple present razes, present participle razing, simple past and past participle razed)
- (transitive) To demolish; to level to the ground.
- raze Syracuse to the ground
- (transitive) To scrape as if with a razor.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:destroy
Translations
to demolish
to scrape as if with a razor
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Etymology 2
Noun
raze
- Obsolete spelling of race (rhizome of ginger).