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rai⋅sin

  [rey-zin]
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–noun
1. a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
2. dark purplish blue.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME raisin, reisin < OF < VL *racīmus, for L racēmus raceme

Related forms:
rai⋅sin⋅y, adjective
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rai·sin   (rā'zĭn)   
n.  

  1. A sweet grape dried either in the sun or by artificial means.

  2. A deep brownish purple.


[Middle English, from Old French, grape, from Vulgar Latin *racīmus, from Latin racēmus, bunch of grapes.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

raisin 
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. raycin (1278), O.Fr. raisin "grape, raisin," from V.L. *racimus, alteration of L. racemus "cluster of grapes or berries," probably from the same ancient lost Mediterranean language as Gk. rhax (gen. rhagos) "grape, berry."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Raisins

dried grapes; mentioned 1 Sam. 25:18; 30:12; 2 Sam. 16:1; 1 Chr. 12:40.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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