ravish

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To fill someone with intense delight; to enchant

   The audience was ravished by the singer's stunning performance.

2. 2
   verb

   To force someone to have sex against their will; to rape

   In the old legend, the knight is accused of trying to ravish the maiden.

From Middle English ravyschen, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French ravis-, present participle stem of ravir (“to seize; to take away hastily”), from Vulgar Latin *rapire, from Latin rapere. See also rape.

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