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   Rase , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rased ; 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.]
   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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   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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   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   ☞ This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.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 , 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 ; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]
   To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
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   Razing the characters of your renown.
   Shak.
   
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   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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