Reap | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Rēap, v. t.

verbtransitive

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.]

Sense 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.

Sense 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.*

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

Rēap, v. i.

verbintransitive

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.

Rēap, n.

noun

n. [See supra.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

A bundle of corn; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut, to be gathered into sheaves by the binder. Halliwell. Wright.
A company of reapers. Forby.