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ravish
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synonyms: construprate ???
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Definition:1. [rare] to rape2. [archaic] to pillage3. to enrapture
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Blackadder: Mother, Henry is our enemy. When his men get here, they'll brutally ravish you and every woman in the castle!
Queen: Ah, well, I shan't bother to change, then.
BBC. Blackadder, season 1: The Foretelling
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“At the distance of a league,” said the Herald: “he comes to make good his Lord’s claim against thee, as he is a true knight, and thou an usurper and ravisher.”
Horace Walpole. The Castle of Otranto (1764)
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The band played the polonaise in vogue at that time on account of the words that had been set to it, beginning: “Alexander, Elisaveta, all our hearts you ravish quite . . .” The Emperor passed on to the drawing room, the crowd made a rush for the doors, and several persons with excited faces hurried there and back again.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman
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