Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RAV'ISH, v.t. [Fr. ravir; Arm. raviçza; Sax. hreafian; W. rheibiaw; L. rapio. See Class Rb, No. 18, 19, 26, 27.]

1. To seize and carry away by violence. 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 have carnal knowledge of a woman by force and against her consent. – Is. xiii. Zech. xiv.
3. To bear away with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy; to transport. Thou hast ravished my heart. – Cant. iv. Prov. v.