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English
Verb
ravished
- simple past and past participle of ravish
Adjective
ravished
- delighted; ecstatic
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:[W]henever the person who is possessed of [natural goodness] doth what is right, no ravished or friendly spectator is so eager or so loud in his applause: on the contrary, when he doth wrong, no critic is so apt to hiss and explode him.
- Having the appearance of having been ravished. (Can we add an example for this sense?)