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.