[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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         graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.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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