RANSOMING
RAN'SOMING, participle present tense Redeeming from captivity, bondage or punishment by giving satisfaction to the possessor; rescuing; liberating.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RANSOMLESS
RAN'SOMLESS, adjective Free from ransom.RANK, verb intransitive [Heb.]To rave in violent, high sounding or extravagant language, without correspondent dignity of thought; to be ...
RANTER
RANT'ER, noun A noisy talker; a boisterous preacher.
RANTING
RANT'ING, participle present tense Uttering high sounding words without solid sense; declaiming or preaching with boisterous empty words.
RANTIPOLE
RANT'IPOLE, adjective [from rant.] Wild; roving; rakish. [A low word.]RANT'IPOLE, verb intransitive To run about wildly. [Low.]
RANTISM
RANT'ISM, noun The practice or tenets of ranters.
RANTY
RANT'Y, adjective Wild; noisy; boisterous.
RANULA
RAN'ULA, noun [Latin rana, a frog; dim. a little frog.]A swelling under the tongue, similar to the encysted tumors in different parts of the body.
RANUNCULUS
RANUN'CULUS, noun [Latin from rana, a frog.]In botany, crowfoot, a genus of plants of many species, some of them beautiful flowering plants, particularly the Asiatic, or Turkey ...
RAP
RAP, verb intransitive [Latin rapio, rapidus, rapid.]To strike with a quick sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.RAP, verb transitive To strike with a quick blow; to kno...
RAPACIOUS
RAPA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin rapax, from rapio, to seize. See Rap.]1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force; as a rapacious enemy.Well ...
RAPACIOUSLY
RAPA'CIOUSLY, adverb By rapine; by violent robbery or seizure.
RAPACIOUSNESS
RAPA'CIOUSNESS, noun The quality of being rapacious; disposition to plunder or to exact by oppression.
RAPACITY
RAPAC'ITY, noun [Latin rapacitas, from rapax, rapio.]1. Addictedness to plunder; the exercise of plunder; the act or practice of seizing by force; as the rapacity of a conquerin...
RAPE
RAPE, noun [Latin rapio, raptus. See Rap.]1. In a general sense, a seizing by violence; also, a seizing and carrying away by force, as females.2. In law, the carnal knowledge of...
RAPEROOT
RA'PEROOT. [See Rape.]
RAPESEED
RA'PESEED, noun The seed of the rape, from which oil is expressed.
RAPID
RAP'ID, adjective [Latin rapidus, from rapio, the primary sense of which is to rush.]1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; as a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid mot...
RAPIDITY
RAPID'ITY, noun [Latin rapiditas.]1. Swiftness; celerity; velocity; as the rapidity of a current; the rapidity of motion of any kind.2. Haste in utterance; as the rapidity of sp...
RAPIDLY
RAP'IDLY, adverb1. With great speed, celerity or velocity; swiftly; with quick progression; as, to run rapidly; to grow or improve rapidly2. With quick utterance; as, to speak r...
RAPIDNESS
RAP'IDNESS, noun Swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity.
RAPIDS
RAP'IDS, nounplural The part of a river where the current moves with more celerity than the common current. rapids imply a considerable descent of the earth, but not sufficient ...
RAPIER
RA'PIER, noun A small sword used only in thrusting.
RAPIER-FISH
RA'PIER-FISH, noun The sword-fish.
RAPIL
RAP'IL,RAPIL'LO, noun Pulverized volcanic substances.
RAPILLO
RAPIL'LO, n. Pulverized volcanic substances.
RAPINE
RAP'INE, noun [Latin rapina; rapio, to seize.]1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force.2. Violence; force.RAP'INE, verb transitive To plunder.