verb
- to fill with delight or enchant completely
- to seize and carry away by force
Usage: literary
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The beautiful sunset ravishes all who see it.
- Her singing voice ravishes the audience every night.
- The garden’s beauty ravishes visitors in spring.
- The orchestra’s performance ravishes music lovers.
- The villain ravishes the princess in the old tale.
- The pirate ravishes treasure from merchant ships.