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Rase (rāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rased (rāzd); 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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☞ This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.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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Raze (rāz), n. [See Race.] A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root. [Obs.]
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Raze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed (rāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]
1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
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Razing the characters of your renown. Shak.
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2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish.
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The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden.
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Syn. -- To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.
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