ravish
verb
[ ˈravɪʃ ]
• seize and carry off (someone) by force.
• "there is no assurance that her infant child will not be ravished from her breast"
• fill (someone) with intense delight; enrapture.
• "ravished by a sunny afternoon, she had agreed without even thinking"
Similar:
enrapture,
send into raptures,
enchant,
fill with delight,
delight,
charm,
entrance,
enthral,
captivate,
bewitch,
spellbind,
fascinate,
transport,
overjoy,
blow away,
rapture,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French raviss-, lengthened stem of ravir, from an alteration of Latin rapere ‘seize’.
