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ravish

v.
UK //ɹˈævɪʃ// rav·ish Archaic Informal Literary
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From Middle English ravyschen, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French ravis-, present participle stem of ravir (“to seize; to take away hastily”), from Vulgar Latin *rapire, from Latin rapere. See also rape.

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