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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Rape

Rāpe, n.

noun

n. [L. Ger. & D. rapen, Dan. rappe, to snatch away, allied to Lat. rapere, whence raptus, rape, Fr. rapt, Pr. rap. See RAP, v. i.] 1. The act of rapping or snatching by force; violent seizure; robbery. [Rare.] And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain. Sandys.

  1. Specifically, violence done upon a woman; sexual intercourse with a woman against her will.
  2. That which is snatched away. [Obs.]

Where now are all my hopes? O, never more Shall they revive, nor death her rapes restore. Sandys.

  1. Movement or action, as in snatching; haste; hurry. [Obs.]
  2. Fruit plucked from the cluster. Ray.
  3. The refuse stalks and skins of raisins used in making wine. Simmonds.

Rāpe, n.

noun

n. [Icel. hreppr, village, district, Dan. rep; O. Sw. repa, to measure fields with a rope, to divide, rep, a rope, A-S. rāp, a rope, cord, rǣpan, to bind. See ROPE.] A division of a county in Sussex, in England; or an intermediate division between a hundred and a shire, and containing three or four hundreds. Blackstone.

Rāpe, v. t.

verbtransitive

To commit rape upon; to violate; to ravish. [Obs.]

Rāpe, n.

noun

n. [Lat. rapa, rapum, Gr. ῥάπης, ῥάφυς, D. raap, O. H. Ger. raba, rabe, ruoba, N. H. Ger. rübe, L. Ger. röbe, Icel. rófa, Sw. rofva, Dan. roe; It. rapa, Pr. raba, rave, Fr. rave.] (Bot.) A plant of several species, of the genus Brassica, belonging to the cabbage tribe, especially B. napus, and also B. campestris, much cultivated for their roots, which resemble the turnip, and afford a valuable food for sheep and cattle, and for their seeds, from which oil is extracted.