ravishing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RAV'ISHING, participle present tense 1. Snatching or taking by violence; compelling to submit to carnal intercourse; delighting to ecstasy. 2. adjective Delighting to rapture; transporting. RAV'ISHING, noun 1. A seizing and carrying away by violence. 2. Carnal knowledge by force against consent. 3. Ecstatic delight; transport.
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