Ravishment

Ravishment
Ravishment Rav"ish*ment (-ment), n. [F. ravissement. See {Ravish}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape. [1913 Webster]


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  • ravishment — index abduction, rape Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 ravishment …   Law dictionary

  • ravishment — noun see ravish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ravishment — /rav ish meuhnt/, n. 1. rapture or ecstasy. 2. violent removal. 3. the forcible abduction of a woman. 4. rape1 (def. 1). [1470 80; < MF ravissement, equiv. to raviss (see RAVISH) + ment MENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • ravishment — noun a) ecstasy b) seizure by force …   Wiktionary

  • ravishment — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abuse, banditry, beatification, beatitude, betrayal, bewitchment, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, brigandage, brigandism, cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, craze, criminal assault, debauchment, defilement,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • ravishment — rævɪʃmÉ™nt n. abduction, kidnapping; rape, forced sexual intercourse; enchantment, fascination; expansion of the physical …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ravishment — n. 1. Rape, defloration, constupration, violation, defilement. 2. Rapture, ecstasy, transport, great delight, enravishment. 3. Abduction …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • ravishment — n 1. rapture, transport, ecstasy; felicity, bliss, joy, delight, exaltation, delectation; trance, paroxysm, orgasm. 2.(all usu. of persons) abduction, robbery, theft, capture, seizure, kidnapping; impressment, conscription. 3.(all usu. in… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • ravishment — rav·ish·ment …   English syllables

  • ravishment — /ˈrævɪʃmənt/ (say ravishmuhnt) noun 1. rapture or ecstasy. 2. violent removal. 3. the forcible abduction of a woman. 4. → rape1 (def. 1) …  

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