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To ravish; to deflower.

RAVISHER
One who ravishes .
RAVISHING
Rapturous; transporting.
DEFLOWER
See MILTON
RAVISH
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
RAVISHINGLY
In a ravishing manner.
DEFLOWERER
See MILTON
RAVISHMENT
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
ENRAVISHINGLY
So as to throw into ecstasy.
ENRAVISHMENT
The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. Glanvill.
ENRAVISH
To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. Spenser.