KJV Dictionary - rase
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RASE
RASE, v.t. s as z. L. rasus, rado.
1. To pass along the surface of a thing, with striking or rubbing it at the same time; to graze.
Might not the bullet which rased his cheek, have gone into his head? Obs.
2. To erase; to scratch or rub out; or to blot out; to cancel.
In this sense, erase is generally used.
3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to rase a city.
In this sense, raze is generally used. This orthography, rase, may therefore be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase and raze having superseded it.
RASE, n
1. A cancel; erasure. Not in use.
2. A slight wound. Not in use.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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