Ravish
61ravage — ► VERB ▪ cause extensive damage to; devastate. ► NOUN (ravages) ▪ the destructive effects of something. ORIGIN French ravager, from ravir (see RAVISH(Cf. ↑ravish)) …
62rapture — [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’,… …
63usurp — [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 …
64enthrall — verb hold spellbound (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑enchant, ↑enrapture, ↑transport, ↑ravish, ↑enthral, ↑delight • Ant: ↑disenchant ( …
65ravishment — noun 1. the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will • Syn: ↑rape, ↑violation, ↑assault • Derivationally related forms: ↑ravish, ↑assault (for: ↑assault), ↑ …
66constuprate — transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin constupratus, past participle of constuprare, from com + stuprare to ravish obsolete : ravish …
67rav´ag|er — rav|age «RAV ihj», verb, aged, ag|ing, noun. –v.t. to lay waste; damage greatly; destroy: »The forest fire ravaged many miles of country. Verdun, one of the oldest cities of France, has been a battleground ever since Attila the Hun ravaged it in… …
68rav|age — «RAV ihj», verb, aged, ag|ing, noun. –v.t. to lay waste; damage greatly; destroy: »The forest fire ravaged many miles of country. Verdun, one of the oldest cities of France, has been a battleground ever since Attila the Hun ravaged it in A.D. 450 …
69Abuse — A*buse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abusing}.] [F. abuser; L. abusus, p. p. of abuti to abuse, misuse; ab + uti to use. See {Use}.] 1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong… …
70Abused — Abuse A*buse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abusing}.] [F. abuser; L. abusus, p. p. of abuti to abuse, misuse; ab + uti to use. See {Use}.] 1. To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a… …
