Both Uses
ravish
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
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- Felix seemed ravished with delight when he saw her, every trait of sorrow vanished from his face, and it instantly expressed a degree of ecstatic joy, of which I could hardly have believed it capable; his eyes sparkled, as his cheek flushed with pleasure; and at that moment I thought him as beautiful as the stranger.†
p. 120.1ravished = raped, overwhelmed or plundered
- Your hours will pass in dread and misery, and soon the bolt will fall which must ravish from you your happiness forever.†
p. 173.1 *ravish = rape, overwhelm or plunder
Definitions:
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(1)
(ravish as in: afraid they would ravish her) to rape or take by force
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)