RAVISHMENT

RAVISHMENT. → See RAPE

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ravishment. Ravishment, n. the act of ravishing, transport

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Rav″ish‐ment (–ment), n. [[F. ravissement. See Ravish.]] 1. 1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband. Blackstone.
2. 2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. Spenser.
In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. Milton. 3. 3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.