RAV'ISHMENT, n. 1. The act of forcing a woman to carnal connection; forcible violation of chastity.2. Rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy; pleasing violence of the mind or senses.All things joy with ravishment attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.3. The act of carrying away; abduction; as the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband.
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