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ravishes
We have found lemma(root) word of ravishes : ravish.
Definitions
[ˈravɪʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- seize and carry off (someone) by force
(e.g: there is no assurance that her infant child will not be ravished from her breast)
- fill (someone) with intense delight; enrapture
(e.g: ravished by a sunny afternoon, she had agreed without even thinking)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French raviss-, lengthened stem of ravir, from an alteration of Latin rapere ‘seize’
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