Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ravish \Rav"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravished}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Ravishing}.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to
   snatch or tear away, to ravish. See {Rapacious}, {Rapid}, and
   {-ish}.]
   1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

            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.