ravished

Speech parts

1. ravished - Adjective

2. ravished - Verb

Meaning

of Ravish

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Examples

He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him. Henry Fielding

I like my human experience served up with a little silence and restraint. Silence makes experience go further and, when it does die, gives it that dignity common to a thing one had touched and not ravished. Djuna Barnes

With ravished ears The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects the nod, And seems to shake the spheres. John Dryden

Had I robbed, plundered, ravished and murdered everything I met my character could not be painted blacker than it as present, thank God my conscience is as clear as the snow in Peru. Ned Kelly

Finally, and beyond all else, ravished out of self into the Glory of God, without limit, incomprehensible, immense, we are to enjoy Him for ever and ever. John Ruysbroeck

Then are we ravished out of self by purified Love, even to the Face of God, freed and emptied of every event and illusion. This is the contemplative life of highest price. John Ruysbroeck

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