Crossword clues for ravished
ravished
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ravish \Rav"ish\ (r[a^]v"[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished (-[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.]
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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.
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To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. ``Ravished . . . for the joy.''
--Chaucer.Thou hast ravished my heart.
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To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape.
--Shak.Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflower; force.
Wiktionary
Having the appearance of having been ravished. v
(en-past of: ravish)
Usage examples of "ravished".
She came into my room, wished me good day, asked me what kind of a night I had spent, if I wanted anything, and the sight of her grace and beauty and the sound of her voice so ravished me, that I determined to seek safety in flight.
Frederick thought not of the past four years, and their griefs and losses, as he stood now upon the terrace of Sans-Souci, illuminated by the evening sun, and gazed with ravished eyes upon the panorama spread out before him.
Then did she tell the two kings that once she had been a mortal woman, but had been stolen away and ravished by the djinni on her wedding night.
I had given her, and she sang at sight in a manner which fairly ravished me.
But what ravished me still more was her expression, and the exquisite appropriateness of the gestures with which she accompanied what she was saying.
The seductive influence of passion ravished my reason from me, and the only thing that I blame myself for is for not having fortified my mind against it.
This indirect compliment pleased Madame Cornelis, and Sophie, now free from all restraint, gazed at me with an expression of child-like affection which ravished me.
I have never been in danger of being ravished in my entire life and, as I am already nearly five and twenty, the prospect is not liable to become a major concern in the future.
I were you, my dear ruined sister, I would be thanking my lucky stars that the man who ravished me has offered marriage.
You are not entirely certain but that I have indeed been ravished and abandoned.
Knowing that the moment he walked through the door six-year-old tales of ravished maidens, suicide, and mysterious death were immediately revived did not give him a fondness for club life.
The lady was apparently not in the least concerned that she might be ravished and abandoned by the notorious Beast of Blackthorne Hall.
They need no longer worry about whether or not you will be ravished and abandoned by me.
A tragic account of a botched stage robbery, a virginal girl journeying to a Mexican convent to take her vows, a noble and naive young man who took a bullet in the heart rather than allow his traveling companion to be ravished by a gang of bloodthirsty outlaws.
He had only done everything in his power to force her into marriage with the man who had ravished her and impregnated her.