RAVISH

enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight

(verb) hold spellbound

rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage

(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will; “The woman was raped on her way home at night”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

ravish (third-person singular simple present ravishes, present participle ravishing, simple past and past participle ravished)

(obsolete or archaic) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

(transitive, usually, passive) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.

(transitive, now rare) To rape.

Synonyms

• abripe

• (seize and carry away): kidnap

Anagrams

• vihars

Source: Wiktionary

Rav"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished; p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.] Etym: [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.]

1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. Dryden.

2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. Cant. iv. 9.

3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. Shak.

Syn.

– To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition