The word ‘laconic’ derives from Lakon (“person from Lakonia”) the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famous for their brevity of speech. When threatened them with, “If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta,” the Spartans’ reply was, “If.”
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Raze — (Паланга,Литва) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: Vytauto g. 74, LT 00132 Паланга, Лит … Каталог отелей
Raze — may refer to: * Demolition * Raze, Haute Saône, a town in France * Raze (house music group) * Raze (Christian pop group) * Raze (Underworld), a fictional character in the Underworld films … Wikipedia
Raze — (r[=a]z), n. [See {Race}.] A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Raze — Raze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razed} (r[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Razing}.] [F. raser. See {Rase}, v. t.] [Written also {rase}.] 1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. [1913 Webster] Razing the characters of your renown. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
raze — index abolish, destroy (efface), devastate, eliminate (eradicate), expunge, extinguish, extirpate … Law dictionary
raze — [reız] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: raser, from Latin radere to scrape, shave ] to completely destroy a town or building ▪ In 1162 Milan was razed to the ground by imperial troops … Dictionary of contemporary English
raze — [ reız ] verb transitive to completely destroy a building or town: The troops attacked his village and razed it to the ground … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
raze — (v.) 1540s, alteration of racen pull or knock down (a building or town), from earlier rasen (14c.) to scratch, slash, scrape, erase, from O.Fr. raser to scrape, shave, from M.L. rasare, frequentative of L. radere (pp. rasus) to scrape, shave,… … Etymology dictionary
raze — demolish, *destroy Analogous words: efface, obliterate (see ERASE): eradicate, extirpate (see EXTERMINATE): *ruin, wreck: *abolish, extinguish, annihilate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
