ravish

  1. Verb.  (obsolete, or) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, usually '''passive''') To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
  3. Verb.  (transitive, now) To rape.

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