rase Copy link Outline I. To strike on the surface, to graze (Shaks.)II. To scratch outIII. To level to the ground • rase: I. To strike on the surface, to graze (Shaks.): stringo, 3: v. to graze. II. To scratch out: ērādo, 3: v. to erase. III. To level to the ground: Phr.: (urbem) aequare solo, Vell. 2, 14; urbem funditus delere et tollere, Cic. Verr. 4, 36, 79: id. Off. 1, 11, 35: to r. all the public and private buildings, publica privataque omnia tecta adaequare solo, Liv. 1, 29.