Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Rape

Rape (rāp), n. [F. râpe a grape stalk.] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray.2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expres...

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Rape (2)

Rape, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L. rapere. See Rap to snatch.] 1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.And ruined orphans o...

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Rape (3)

Rape, v. t. To commit rape upon; to ravish.To rape and ren. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.

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Rape (4)

Rape, v. i. To rob; to pillage. Heywood.

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Rape (5)

Rape, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel. hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.] One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate...

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Rape (6)

Rape, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. ρἅπυσ, ρἅφυσ, G. rübe.] (Bot.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The se...

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Rapeful

Rape″ful (rāp″fụl), a. 1. Violent.2. Given to the commission of rape. Byron.

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Rapfully

Rap″ful‐ly (răp″fụl‐ly̆), adv. Violently.

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Raphaelesque

Raph′a‐el‐esque″ (răf′ȧ‐ĕl‐ĕsk″), a. Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.

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Raphaelism

Raph″a‐el‐ism (răf″ȧ‐ĕl‐ĭz'm), n. The principles of painting introduced by Raphael, the Italian painter.

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Raphaelite

Raph″a‐el‐ite (–īt), n. One who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism.

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Raphany

Raph″a‐ny (răf″ȧ‐ny̆), n. [Cf. F. raphanie.] (Med.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to...

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Raphe

Ra″phe (rā″fē̍), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ραφἥ a seam or suture, fr. ρἅπτειν to sew or stitch together.] 1. (Anat.) A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median li...

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Raphides

‖Raph″i‐des (răf″ĭ‐dēz), n. pl. [F. raphide.] (Bot.) See Rhaphides.

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Rapid

Rap″id (răp″ĭd), a. [L. rapidus, fr. rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. αρπἄζειν: cf. F. rapide. Cf. Harpy, Ravish.]1. Very swift or qui...

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Rapid (2)

Rap″id, n. [Cf. F. rapide. See Rapid, a.] The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; — usually in the plural; as,...

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Rapid-fire

{ Rap″id–fire′, Rap″id–fir′ing }, a. (a) (Gun.) Firing shots in rapid succession. (b) (Ordnance) Capable of being fired rapidly; — applied to single-barreled guns of greater cal...

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Rapid-fire mount

Rapid–fire mount. (Ordnance) A mount permitting easy and quick elevation or depression and training of the gun, and fitting with a device for taking up the recoil.

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Rapidity

Ra‐pid″i‐ty (rȧ‐pĭd″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [L. rapiditas: cf. F. rapidité.] The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of sp...

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Rapidly

Rap″id‐ly (răp″ĭd‐ly̆), adv. In a rapid manner.

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Rapidness

Rap″id‐ness, n. Quality of being rapid; rapidity.

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Rapier

Ra″pi‐er (rā″pĭ‐ẽr), n. [F. rapière, perhaps for raspière, and ultimately of German origin, akin to E. rasp, v.] A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used o...

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Rapiered

Ra″pi‐ered (–ẽrd), a. Wearing a rapier. “Scarletcoated, rapiered figures.” Lowell.

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Rapilli

‖Ra‐pil″li (rȧ‐pĭl″lē̍), n. pl.(Min.) Lapilli.

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Rapine

Rap″ine (răp″ĭn), n. [F. rapine; cf. Pr. & It. rapina; all fr. L. rapina, fr. rapere to seize and carry off by force. See Rapid, and cf. Raven rapine.] 1. The act of plundering;...

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Rapine (2)

Rap″ine, v. t. To plunder. Sir G. Buck.

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Rapinous

Rap″i‐nous (răp″ĭ‐nŭs), a. Given to rapine.