Webster's Dictionary 1828

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RAVISHING

RAV'ISHING, participle present tense1. Snatching or taking by violence; compelling to submit to carnal intercourse; delighting to ecstasy.2.adjective Delighting to rapture; tran...

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RAVISHINGLY

RAV'ISHINGLY, adverb To extremity of delight.

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RAVISHMENT

RAV'ISHMENT, noun1. The act of forcing a woman to carnal connection; forcible violation of chastity.2. Rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy; pleasing violence of the mind or s...

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RAW

RAW, adjective [Latin crudus, rodo.]1. Not altered from its natural state; not roasted, boiled or cooked; not subdued by heat; as raw meat.2. Not covered with skin; bare, as fle...

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RAWHEAD

RAW'HEAD, noun The name of a specter, mentioned to frighten children; as rawhead and bloody bones.

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RAWISH

RAW'ISH, adjective Somewhat raw; cool and damp. [Not much used.]

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RAWLY

RAW'LY, adverb1. In a raw manner.2. Unskillfully; without experience.3. Newly.

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RAWNESS

RAW'NESS, noun1. The state of being raw; uncooked; unaltered by heat; as the rawness of flesh.2. Unskillfulness; state of being inexperienced; as the rawness of seamen or troops...

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RAY

RAY, noun [Latin radius.]1. a line of light, or the right line supposed to be described by a particle of light. a collection of parallel rays constitutes a beam; a collection of...

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RAYLESS

RA'YLESS, adjective Destitute of light; dark; not illuminated.

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RAZE

RAZE, noun A root. [See Race-ginger, under Race.]RAZE, verb transitive [Latin rasus, rado. See Rase and Erase.]1. To subvert from the foundation; to overthrow; to destroy; to de...

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RAZED

RA'ZED, participle passive Subverted; overthrown; wholly ruined; erased; extirpated.

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RAZEE

RAZEE', noun A ship of war cut down to a smaller size.

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RAZING

RA'ZING, participle present tense subverting; destroying; erasing; extirpating.

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RAZOR

RA'ZOR, noun [Latin rasus, rado, to scrape.]An instrument for shaving off beard or hair. Razors of a boar, a boar's tusks.

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RAZOR-BILL

RA'ZOR-BILL, noun An aquatic fowl, the Alca torda; also, the Rhynchops nigra or cut-water.

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RAZOR-FISH

RA'ZOR-FISH, noun A species of fish with a compressed body.

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RAZORABLE

RA'ZORABLE, adjective Fit to be shaved. [Not in use.]

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RAZURE

RA'ZURE, noun [Latin rasura, from rado.]The act of erasing or effacing; obliteration.[See Rasure.]

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RE

RE, a prefix or inseparable particle in the composition of words, denotes return, repetition, iteration. It is contracted from red, which the Latins retained in words beginning ...

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RE-COLLECT

RE-COLLECT', verb transitive To gather again; to collect what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.

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RE-CREATE

RE-CREA'TE, verb transitive To create or form anew.An opening the campaign of 1776, instead of reinforcing, it was necessary to re-create the army.

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RE-CREATED

RE-CREA'TED, participle passive Created or formed anew.

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RE-CREATING

RE-CREA'TING, participle present tense Creating or forming anew.

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RE-CREATION

RE-CREA'TION, noun A forming anew.

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RE-ECHO

RE-ECH'O, verb intransitive [re and echo.] To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills re-echo the roar of cannon.RE-ECH'O, verb intransitive [supra.] To echo back; to ret...

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RE-ECHOED

RE-ECH'OED, participle passive [supra.] Returned, as sound; reverberated again.