rase


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rase 1

 (rāz)
tr.v. rased, ras·ing, ras·es
To erase.

[Middle English rasen, to scrape off, erase; see raze.]

rase 2

 (rāz)
v.
Variant of raze.
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rase

(reɪz)
vb
a variant spelling of raze
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rase


Past participle: rased
Gerund: rasing

Imperative
rase
rase
Present
I rase
you rase
he/she/it rases
we rase
you rase
they rase
Preterite
I rased
you rased
he/she/it rased
we rased
you rased
they rased
Present Continuous
I am rasing
you are rasing
he/she/it is rasing
we are rasing
you are rasing
they are rasing
Present Perfect
I have rased
you have rased
he/she/it has rased
we have rased
you have rased
they have rased
Past Continuous
I was rasing
you were rasing
he/she/it was rasing
we were rasing
you were rasing
they were rasing
Past Perfect
I had rased
you had rased
he/she/it had rased
we had rased
you had rased
they had rased
Future
I will rase
you will rase
he/she/it will rase
we will rase
you will rase
they will rase
Future Perfect
I will have rased
you will have rased
he/she/it will have rased
we will have rased
you will have rased
they will have rased
Future Continuous
I will be rasing
you will be rasing
he/she/it will be rasing
we will be rasing
you will be rasing
they will be rasing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rasing
you have been rasing
he/she/it has been rasing
we have been rasing
you have been rasing
they have been rasing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rasing
you will have been rasing
he/she/it will have been rasing
we will have been rasing
you will have been rasing
they will have been rasing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rasing
you had been rasing
he/she/it had been rasing
we had been rasing
you had been rasing
they had been rasing
Conditional
I would rase
you would rase
he/she/it would rase
we would rase
you would rase
they would rase
Past Conditional
I would have rased
you would have rased
he/she/it would have rased
we would have rased
you would have rased
they would have rased
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.rase - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
bulldoze - flatten with or as if with a bulldozer
destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
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“Your creeds and dogmas of a learned church May build a fabric, fair with moral beauty; But it would seem that the strong hand of God Can, only, 'rase the devil from the heart.”—Duo.
Nor was his eare less peal'd With noises loud and ruinous (to compare Great things with small) then when BELLONA storms, With all her battering Engines bent to rase Som Capital City, or less then if this frame Of Heav'n were falling, and these Elements In mutinie had from her Axle torn The stedfast Earth.
He ordered the captain of the guard to take with him forty men, to pillage Noureddin's house, to rase it to the ground, and to bring Noureddin and the slave to him.
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RASE President Sir John Beddington presented the award as part of his annual President's Day event, which was held at the Blagdon Estate.
Alice Bell, head of Rase Technical Events said: "We have dedicated this year's programme of forums to helping pig and poultry farmers grow their business.
Those affected by the uprising are required to bring their identity cards or home ownership titles with them to the Post Office to collect compensation, Rase said.
LaSalle is now responsible for Stoneleigh Park under a 150-year lease from RASE with plans to revitalise the site as an internationally-renowned centre for agriculture, rural business, science and innovation.
Mr Chamberlain said failure to make changes to the way the Royal Show was presented had left the Rase with a dilemma of scrapping it or continuing to subsidise its pounds 200,000-a-year losses.
Chairman of trustees Hugh Oliver-Bellasis said RASE would now be developing a new programme of events for 2010.
Officials at Market Rasen have problems with the River Rase flooding the track ahead of Friday's card.