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English word origin

Etymology of rase

From Late Middle English rasen, rasyn (“to rage; to enrage (?)”), probably from Middle Dutch râsen, râzen (“to be extremely angry, rage; to be mad, rave; to talk nonsense; of a dog: to be rabid”), from Old Dutch *rāson (

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

To be extremely angry; to rage; specifically, of a dog or wolf: to snarl in rage.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Late Middle English rasen, rasyn (“to rage; to enrage (?)”), probably from Middle Dutch râsen, râzen (“to be extremely angry, rage; to be mad, rave; to talk nonsense; of a dog: to be rabid”), from Old Dutch *rāson (modern Dutch razen), from Proto-West Germanic *rāsōn (“to rush”), Proto-Germanic *rēsōną (“to rush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (“to flow; to rush”). cognates * Swedish rasa (“rage”)

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

Alternative spelling of race (“to pluck or snatch (something); also, to pull (something)”).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

PIE word *wréh₂ds A variant of race (“(obsolete) to pluck; to pull off; to snatch; to tear”), partly influenced by raze.

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

An act of cutting, scraping, or scratching; also, an erasure. · Alternative spelling of raze (“a slight wound; a scratch; also, a cut, a slit”).

verb

Alternative spelling of raze. · To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish. · To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from existence; to destroy, to obliterate. · To erase (a record, text, etc.), originally by scraping; to rub out, to scratch out.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

A variant of raze, from Middle English rasen: see further at raze.

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
noun

A measure in which the commodity assessed is made level with the top of the measuring vessel rather than heaped above it.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Probably either: * from Late Latin rāsum (neuter), rāsa (“level measure of grain”, feminine), a noun use of Latin rāsus (“scraped; shaved”, masculine), the perfect passive participle of rādō (“to scrape; to scratch; to shave; to touch upon, graze”), from Proto-Italic *razdō, further etymology unknown; or * from Anglo-Norman rase (“level measure of grain”), from Latin rāsus (see above).

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  • Derivation mentionrāsusla · scraped; shaved
  • Derivation mention*razdōitc-pro
  • Derivation mentionrāsusla
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Source etymology 5

Original entry ↗
verb

Of a natural marking on the head of an animal (chiefly a horse): to extend down the head.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From rase, race (“(usually white) marking on the head of an animal, chiefly a horse”); further etymology uncertain, possibly a specific use of race (“(obsolete) mark; cut, scratch”, noun), from race (“to cut, slash; to scratch; to tear”) (southwest England), a variant of raze.

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