ravished

Verb

ravish (third-person singular simple present ravishes, present participle ravishing, simple past and past participle ravished)

1. (archaic, literary) To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
   • Again, he refers to "such ministers as discharge their ministry amiss; ravishing away the goods of the widows and fatherless; and serve themselves, not others out of those things which they have received.1862, H. L. Hastings, Pauline Theology, page 61

   Synonyms:

   abduct, kidnap

2. (transitive, usually passive voice) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
   • That in things that do ravish with delight, men were not Masters of themselves, nor could they remember Gallateo's Rules; and that in time of Carnival, it was lawful to commit exorbitances.1669, Trafano Bocalini, translated by Henry Earl of Monmouth, Advertisements from Parnassus: In Two Centuries, translation of original in Italian
3. (dated, transitive) To rape.
   • For loe that Guest would beare her forcibly, / And meant to ravish her, that rather had to dy.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x

   Synonyms:

   outrage, ravage, violate, abuse, constuprate, defile, defoul, dishonour, force, misuse

4. (informal) To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.