Ravish

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  • 53rapture — [17] Rapture is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin rapere ‘seize by force’. Its past participle was raptus (source of English rapt [14]), which formed the basis of the medieval Latin noun raptūra ‘seizure’,… …

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  • 54assault — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. & n. See attack. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An attack] Syn. charge, advance, onslaught; see attack 1 . 2. [A physical attack on another person] Syn. attack, mugging, assault and battery, rape; see crime 2 …

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  • 55deflower — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. ravish, despoil. See impurity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ravish, molest, despoil; see rape . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To deprive of virginity: defile, violate. See SEX …

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  • 56Taking — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Taking >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 taking taking &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 reception reception &c.(taking in) 296 Sgm: N 1 deglutition deglutition &c.(taking food) 298 Sgm: N 1 appropriation appropriation prehension …

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  • 57usurp — [14] Etymologically, to usurp something is probably to ‘seize it for one’s own use’. The word comes via Old French usurper from Latin ūsūrpāre, which may have been formed from the noun ūsus ‘use’ (source of English use) and rapere ‘seize’ (source …

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  • 58ravage — (v.) 1610s, from Fr. ravager lay waste, devastate, from O.Fr. ravage destruction, especially by flood, 14c., from ravir to take away hastily (see RAVISH (Cf. ravish)). Related: Ravaged; ravaging …

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  • 59transport — vb 1 *carry, bear, convey, transmit Analogous words: *move, remove, shift, transfer: *bring, fetch, take 2 Transport, ravish, enrapture, entrance can all mean to carry away by strong and usually pleasurable emotion. Transport need not suggest… …

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  • 60deflower — [v] ravish; take away beauty assault, defile, deflorate, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, force, harm, have, mar, molest, outrage, possess, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, spoil, violate; concept 375 …

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