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  • 41Blest — Blest, a. Blessed. This patriarch blest. Milton. [1913 Webster] White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail. Trumbull. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 42deflour — de*flour , v. t. [Pref. de + flower.] Same as {Deflower}. [archaic] [1913 Webster] He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 43Entrance — En*trance , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entranced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entrancing}.] [Pref. en + trance.] 1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects. [1913 Webster] Him, still entranced and in a litter laid, They bore from field and to …

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  • 44Entranced — Entrance En*trance , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entranced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entrancing}.] [Pref. en + trance.] 1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects. [1913 Webster] Him, still entranced and in a litter laid, They bore from… …

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  • 45Entrancing — Entrance En*trance , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entranced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Entrancing}.] [Pref. en + trance.] 1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects. [1913 Webster] Him, still entranced and in a litter laid, They bore from… …

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  • 46Inattention — In at*ten tion, n. [Pref. in not + attention: cf. F. inattention.] Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect. [1913 Webster] Novel lays attract our ravished ears; But old, the mind inattention hears. Pope.… …

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  • 47Ravishment — Rav ish*ment ( ment), n. [F. ravissement. See {Ravish}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her… …

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  • 48Trance — Trance, n. [F. transe fright, in OF. also, trance or swoon, fr. transir to chill, benumb, to be chilled, to shiver, OF. also, to die, L. transire to pass over, go over, pass away, cease; trans across, over + ire to go; cf. L. transitus a passing… …

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  • 49ravish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English ravisshen, from Anglo French raviss , stem of ravir, from Vulgar Latin *rapire, alteration of Latin rapere to seize, rob more at rapid Date: 14th century 1. a. to seize and take away by violence b. to… …

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