Pronunciation : Raze
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Rack.]
Definition : Defn: A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Raze
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]
Definition : 1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. Razing the characters of your renown. Shak.
2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish. The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden.
Syn. -- To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.
t. [imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913