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(Inglese)

  1. (archaic, literary) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
  2. (transitive) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
  3. (dated, transitive) To rape.
  4. (informal) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɹæ.vɪʃ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio
ravyschen
In summary

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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