Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To ravish; enrapture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate.
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- verb To
enrapture .
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Examples
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O thou enravish by my cheek and beauties of my form,
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Eva was a woman to enravish the heart of a man whose imagination could pierce the agitating secrets immured in that calm and silent bosom.
Tales of the Five Towns Arnold Bennett 1899
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So enravish me with the wonders of Thine utterances that the noise and distraction of this world may be powerless to deter me from turning unto Thee, and may fail to shake my constancy in Thy Cause, or to distract my gaze from the horizon of Thy grace.
Prayers and Meditations 1817-1892 Bah��'u'll��h 1854
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O thou enravish "by my cheek and beauties of my form, * Why so translate thyself to youth and think I deem it right?
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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