rase
See also: rasé, rasë, rašė, and řase
English
Etymology
From Middle English rasen, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin *rasare, from Latin rasus < rado. See also erase.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - enPR: rāz, IPA(key): /ɹeɪz/
- Homophones: raise, rays, raze, rehs, réis, res
- Rhymes: -eɪz
Noun
rase (plural rases)
- (obsolete) A scratching out, or erasure.
- 1612, Pietro Martire “d'” Anghiera, De Novo Orbe, Or the Historie of the West Indies, page 89:
- But of the diuersitie of popingaies, we haue spoken sufficiently in the firste Decade: for in the rase of this large lande, Colonus him selfe brought and sent to the courte a great number of euery kinde, the whiche it was lawfull for all the people to beholde, and are yet daily brought in like manner.
- 1628, John Gaule, The Practiqve Theorists Panegyrick. … A Sermon preached at Pauls-Crosse
- The rase of whose skinne […] was more then the torment of their wretched Bodyes
- 1773, “Hycke-Scorner: A Morality.”, in Thomas Hawkins, editor, The Origin of the English Drama, page 89:
- Felowes, they shall never more us withstonde, For I se them all drowned in the rase of Irlonde,
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- A slight wound; a scratch.
- A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.
Verb
rase (third-person singular simple present rases, present participle rasing, simple past and past participle rased)
- (obsolete) To rub along the surface of; to graze.
- 1692, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey, February 22. 1684-5. [Julian calendar]”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume I, 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567, page 317:
- For was he not in the neareſt Neighbourhood to Death? And might not the Bullet, that perhaps razed his Cheek, have as eaſily gone into his Head?
- 1786, [William Beckford], [Samuel Henley], transl., An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], new edition, London: […] W. Clarke, […], published 1809, OCLC 30959801, page 103:
- Sometimes, his feet raſed the ſurface of the water; and, at others, the ſkylight almoſt flattened his noſe.
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- (obsolete) To rub or scratch out; to erase.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 25”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:
- The painefull warrier famoſed for worth,
After a thouſand victories once foild,
Is from the booke of honour raſed quite,
And all the reſt forgot for which he toild: […]
- 1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times:
- Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 361–363:
- Though of their Names in heavenly Records now / Be no memorial, blotted out and ras'd / By thir Rebellion, from the Books of Life.
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- To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.
- [1611?], Homer, “Book II”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, OCLC 614803194; The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], volume I, new edition, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, OCLC 987451361, page 58:
- […] till Troy were by their brave hands rac'd, / They would not turn home: […]
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- To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
Anagrams
- AREs, ARSE, Ares, EARs, ERAs, Ersa, SERA, Sear, ares, arse, ears, eras, reas, sare, sear, sera
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrasɛ]
Noun
rase f
- dative/locative singular of rasa
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse rasa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːsə/, [ˈʁɑːsə]
Verb
rase (imperative ras, infinitive at rase, present tense raser, past tense rasede, perfect tense har raset)
- to rage
- to storm
Estonian
Adjective
rase (genitive raseda, partitive rasedat, comparative rasedam, superlative kõige rasedam)
- pregnant
- Synonym: tiine
Declension
Inflection of rase (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rase | rasedad |
| accusative | raseda | rasedad |
| genitive | raseda | rasedate |
| partitive | rasedat | rasedaid |
| illative | rasedasse | rasedatesse rasedaisse |
| inessive | rasedas | rasedates rasedais |
| elative | rasedast | rasedatest rasedaist |
| allative | rasedale | rasedatele rasedaile |
| adessive | rasedal | rasedatel rasedail |
| ablative | rasedalt | rasedatelt rasedailt |
| translative | rasedaks | rasedateks rasedaiks |
| terminative | rasedani | rasedateni |
| essive | rasedana | rasedatena |
| abessive | rasedata | rasedateta |
| comitative | rasedaga | rasedatega |
Anagrams
- Ares
- aser
- raes
- reas
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁaz/
Audio (file)
Adjective
rase
- feminine singular of ras
Verb
rase
- inflection of raser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “rase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ares, Arès, sera
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːzə
Verb
rase
- inflection of rasen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦫꦱꦺ (rasé).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrase/
- Hyphenation: ra‧sé
Noun
rasé (first-person possessive raseku, second-person possessive rasemu, third-person possessive rasenya)
- small Indian civet (Viverricula indica).
- Synonyms: musang bulan, musang rase
Coordinate terms
- binturung
- dedes
- linsang
- luak
- luwak
- musang
- sigung
- teledu
Further reading
- “rase” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Verb
rase
- third-person singular past historic of radere
Adjective
rase
- feminine plural of raso
Anagrams
- Ares, arse, resa, sera
Latin
Participle
rāse
- vocative masculine singular of rāsus
References
- rase in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Latvian
Noun
rase f (5th declension)
- race (a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage)
- colour
Declension
Declension of rase (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | rase | rases |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | rasi | rases |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | rases | rašu |
| dative (datīvs) | rasei | rasēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | rasi | rasēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | rasē | rasēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | rase | rases |
Derived terms
- rasists
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Italian razza and Middle French race.
Noun
rase m (definite singular rasen, indefinite plural raser, definite plural rasene)
- a race (of humankind)
- a breed (of animal)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rasa.
Verb
rase (imperative ras, present tense raser, passive rases, simple past raste, past participle rast, present participle rasende)
- to be furious, fume, rage, rave
- (figurative: fever, plague, war) to rage
- (river) to rush, sweep over, tear along
- (storm) to wreak havoc
- (e.g. in an avalanche) to fall, slide
- (with sammen) to collapse, cave in
Derived terms
- raseri
References
- “rase” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “rase_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “rase_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Italian razza and Middle French race.
Noun
rase m (definite singular rasen, indefinite plural rasar, definite plural rasane)
- a race (of humankind)
- a breed (of animal)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse rasa.
Verb
rase (present tense rasar, past tense rasa, past participle rasa, passive infinitive rasast, present participle rasande, imperative rase/ras)
- to be furious, fume, rage, rave
- (figurative: fever, plague, war) to rage
- (river) to rush, sweep over, tear along
- (storm) to wreak havoc
- (e.g. in an avalanche) to fall, slide
- (with saman) to collapse, cave in
Alternative forms
- rasa
Derived terms
- raseri
References
- “rase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀭𑀲𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- रसे (Devanagari script)
- রসে (Bengali script)
- රසෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ရသေ (Burmese script)
- รเส or ระเส (Thai script)
- ᩁᩈᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ຣເສ or ຣະເສ (Lao script)
- រសេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄢𑄥𑄬 (Chakma script)
Noun
rase
- inflection of rasa (“taste”):
- locative singular
- accusative plural
Spanish
Verb
rase
- inflection of rasar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative