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rase \rase\ r=az, v. t. imp. p. p. rased r=azd; p.
pr. vb. n. rasing. f. raser, ll. rasare to scrape
often, v. freq. fr. l. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf.
skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, l. rodere to gnaw. cf. raze,
razee, razor, rodent.
1. to rub along the surface of; to graze. obsoles.
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was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and
might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone
into his head? --south.
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sometimes his feet rased the surface of the water,
and at others the skylight almost flattened his
nose. --beckford.
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2. to rub or scratch out; to erase. obsoles.
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except we rase the faculty of memory, root and
branch, out of our mind. --fuller.
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3. to level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to
raze. in this sense raze is generally used.
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till troy were by their brave hands rased,
they would not turn home. --chapman.
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note: this word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete;
graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.
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rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from
the seams of a vessel.
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syn: to erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level;
prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.
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see also:
rased rasing raze razee razor rodent
raze rasing iron
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