Reap

v. t. [imp. & p. p. REAPED (reept); p. pr. & vb. n. REAPING.] [A-S. rīpan, to seize, reap, rīp, harvest; D. rapen, to glean, to reap, L. Ger. repen, to pluck, O. D. reppen, Goth. rampjan.]

1Sense 1. To cut with a sickle, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.

When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. Lev. xix. 9.

2Sense 2. Hence, to gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward, or as the fruit of labor or of works; — in a good or bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.

*Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate? Milton.*

3Sense 3. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.

v. i. 1. To perform the act or operation of reaping. 2. To receive the fruit of labor or works. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5.