Dictionary entry

Rapport

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rap‐port″ (răp‐pōrt″; F. rȧ′pôr″), n. [F., fr. rapporter to bring again or back, to refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, L. apportare. Cf. Report.] Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.

'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and languages in every country. Sir W. Temple.

‖En` rap`port" (äN′ rȧ′pôr″), in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in mesmerism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication.