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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Rava(d)ge, v. [e.m.E. rauage (1611), F. ravager.] a. tr. To despoil or plunder. b. intr. To create havoc, cause destruction. —a. 16.. Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 199.
The McGregors who ravadged this countrey in 1603 —b. 1618 Criminal Trials III 586.
In the tyme of Amenophis … thair raget and rauaget vp and doun tua hundreth thowseand lipperis in Ægipt
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