3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raze  \Raze\,  n.  [See  {Rack}.] 
  A  Shakespearean  word  (used  once)  supposed  to  mean  the  same  as 
  race,  a  root. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raze  \Raze\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Razed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Razing}.]  [F.  raser.  See  {Rase},  v.  t.]  [Written  also 
  {rase}.] 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  raze 
  v  :  tear  down  so  as  to  make  flat  with  the  ground;  "The  building 
  was  levelled"  [syn:  {level},  {rase},  {dismantle},  {tear 
  down},  {take  down},  {pull  down}]  [ant:  {raise}] 

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