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Enravish
Enravish En*rav"ish, v. t. To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. --Spenser.
Enravishingly
Enravishingly En*rav"ish*ing*ly, adv. So as to throw into ecstasy.
Enravishment
Enravishment En*rav"ish*ment, n. The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. --Glanvill.
Ravish
Ravish Rav"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.] 1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. --Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. --Dryden. 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. ``Ravished . . . for the joy.' --Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. --Cant. iv. 9. 3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. --Shak. Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force.
Ravished
Ravish Rav"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.] 1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. --Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. --Dryden. 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. ``Ravished . . . for the joy.' --Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. --Cant. iv. 9. 3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. --Shak. Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force.
Ravisher
Ravisher Rav"ish*er, n. One who ravishes (in any sense).
Ravishing
Ravish Rav"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.] 1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. --Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. --Dryden. 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. ``Ravished . . . for the joy.' --Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. --Cant. iv. 9. 3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. --Shak. Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force.
Ravishing
Ravishing Rav"ish*ing, a. Rapturous; transporting.
Ravishingly
Ravishingly Rav"ish*ing*ly, adv. In a ravishing manner.
Ravishment
Ravishment Rav"ish*ment, n. [F. ravissement. See Ravish.] 1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, or a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband. --Blackstone. 2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. --Spencer. In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton. 3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
Ravissant
Ravissant Rav"is*sant, a. [F.] (Her.) In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.
Supravision
Supravision Su`pra*vi"sion, n. Supervision. [Obs.]
Supravisor
Supravisor Su`pra*vis"or, n. A supervisor. [Obs.]

Meaning of Ravis from wikipedia

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