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rape1    Audio Help   [reyp] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, raped, rap·ing.
–noun
1.the unlawful compelling of a woman through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse.
2.any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person.
3.statutory rape.
4.an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; despoliation; violation: the rape of the countryside.
5.Archaic. the act of seizing and carrying off by force.
–verb (used with object)
6.to force to have sexual intercourse.
7.to plunder (a place); despoil.
8.to seize, take, or carry off by force.
–verb (used without object)
9.to commit rape.

[Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) ME rapen < AF raper < L rapere to seize, carry off by force, plunder; (n.) ME < AF ra(a)p(e), deriv. of raper]

rap·a·ble, rape·a·ble, adjective
rapist, raper, noun
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a plant, Brassica napus, of the mustard family, whose leaves are used for food for hogs, sheep, etc., and whose seeds yield rape oil.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME (< MF) < L rāpum (neut.), rāpa (fem.) turnip; c. Gk rhápys]
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the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted, used as a filter in making vinegar.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < F râpe < Gmc; cf. OHG raspōn to scrape]
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rape 1    Audio Help   (rāp)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse.
  2. The act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction.
  3. Abusive or improper treatment; violation: a rape of justice.

tr.v.   raped, rap·ing, rapes
  1. To force (another person) to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse; commit rape on.
  2. To seize and carry off by force.
  3. To plunder or pillage.


[Middle English, from rapen, to rape, from Old French raper, to abduct, from Latin rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]

rap'er n.
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rape 2    Audio Help   (rāp)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A European plant (Brassica napus) of the mustard family, cultivated as fodder and for its seed that yields a valuable oil. Also called colza, oil-seed rape.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rāpa, pl. of rāpum, turnip.]

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rape 3    Audio Help   (rāp)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The refuse of grapes left after the extraction of the juice in winemaking.


[French râpe, grape stalk, from Old French, from rasper, to scrape; see rasp.]

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rape  (v.)
c.1386, "seize prey, take by force," from Anglo-Fr. raper, O.Fr. raper "to seize, abduct," a legal term, from L. rapere "seize, carry off by force, abduct" (see rapid). L. rapere was used for "sexual violation," but only very rarely; the usual L. word being stuprum, lit. "disgrace." Sense of "sexual violation or ravishing of a woman" first recorded in Eng. as a noun, 1481 (the noun sense of "taking anything -- including a woman -- away by force" is from c.1400). The verb in this sense is from 1577. Rapist is from 1883.

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rape  (n.)
"kind of plant" (Brassica napus), c.1390, from O.Fr. rape, from L. rapa, rapum "turnip," from PIE *rap- (cf. Gk. hrapys "rape," O.C.S. repa, Lith. rope, M.Du. roeve, O.H.G. ruoba, Ger. Rübe "rape, turnip"). Usually grown for sheep, an oil is made from it.

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rape

noun
1. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop 
2. the act of despoiling a country in warfare 
3. the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will 

verb
1. force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" 
2. destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" 

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rape1 [reip] noun
the crime of having sexual intercourse with a woman against her will
Arabic: إغْتِصاب
Chinese (Simplified): 强奸罪
Chinese (Traditional): 強姦罪
Czech: znásilnění
Danish: voldtægt
Dutch: verkrachting
Estonian: vägistamine
Finnish: raiskaus
French: viol
German: die Vergewaltigung
Greek: βιασμός
Hungarian: nemi erőszak
Icelandic: nauðgun
Indonesian: perkosaan
Italian: stupro
Japanese: 強姦
Korean: 강간
Latvian: izvarošana
Lithuanian: išprievartavimas
Norwegian: voldtekt
Polish: gwałt
Portuguese (Brazil): estupro
Portuguese (Portugal): violação
Romanian: viol
Russian: изнасилование
Slovak: znásilnenie
Slovenian: posilstvo
Spanish: violación
Swedish: våldtäkt
Turkish: ırza geçme, tecavüz
rape2 [reip] noun
the act of causing great damage, destruction etc to land etc
Arabic: سَلْب وتَدْمير
Chinese (Simplified): 洗劫
Chinese (Traditional): 洗劫
Czech: zpustošení
Danish: rovdrift
Dutch: verkrachting
Estonian: kahjustamine, vägivald
Finnish: raiskaaminen
French: viol
German: der Raub
Greek: καταστροφή, ρήμαγμα
Hungarian: rombolás
Icelandic: eyðilegging, (náttúru)spjöll
Indonesian: perusakan
Italian: violazione
Japanese: 破壊
Korean: 훼손
Latvian: izlaupīšana; izpostīšana
Lithuanian: nuniokojimas
Norwegian: plyndring, rasering
Polish: pustoszenie
Portuguese (Brazil): violação
Portuguese (Portugal): violação
Romanian: violare; distrugere
Russian: опустошение
Slovak: spustošenie
Slovenian: opustošenje
Spanish: violación
Swedish: förstörelse, skövling
Turkish: bozma, mahvetme
rape1 [reip] verb
to force (a woman) to have sexual intercourse against her will
Arabic: يَغْتَصِب
Chinese (Simplified): 强奸
Chinese (Traditional): 強姦
Czech: znásilnit
Danish: voldtage
Dutch: verkrachten
Estonian: vägistama
Finnish: raiskata
French: violer
German: vergewaltigen
Greek: βιάζω
Hungarian: megerőszakol
Icelandic: nauðga
Indonesian: memperkosa
Italian: violentare
Japanese: 強姦する
Korean: (여자를) 강간하다
Latvian: izvarot
Lithuanian: išprievartauti
Norwegian: voldta
Polish: zgwałcić
Portuguese (Brazil): estuprar
Portuguese (Portugal): violar
Romanian: a viola
Russian: изнасиловать
Slovak: znásilniť
Slovenian: posiliti
Spanish: violar
Swedish: våldta
Turkish: tecavüz etmek, ırz(ın)a geçmek
rape2 [reip] verb
to cause great damage, destruction etc to (countryside etc)
Arabic: يَسْلُب ويُدَمِّر
Chinese (Simplified): 洗劫
Chinese (Traditional): 洗劫
Czech: pustošit
Danish: drive rovdrift
Dutch: verkrachten
Estonian: hukatusse saatma
Finnish: turmella
French: violer
German: rauben
Greek: καταστρέφω, ρημάζω
Hungarian: rombolást okoz
Icelandic: valda spjöllum á
Indonesian: merusak
Italian: violare
Japanese: 破壊する
Korean: 훼손하다
Latvian: izlaupīt; izpostīt
Lithuanian: nuniokoti
Norwegian: plyndre, rasere
Polish: pustoszyć
Portuguese (Brazil): violar
Portuguese (Portugal): violar
Romanian: a distruge
Russian: опустошать
Slovak: pustošiť
Slovenian: opustošiti
Spanish: violar
Swedish: förstöra, skövla
Turkish: bozmak, mahvetmek
See also: rapist

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Cole\, n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.] (Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.
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Kohl"-ra`bi\, n.; pl. Kohl-rabies. [G. Cf. Cole, Rape the plant.] (Bot.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground.
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Ram"pi*on\, n. [Cf. F. raiponce, Sp. ruiponce, reponche, L. raperonzo, NL. rapuntium, fr. L. rapum, rapa, a turnip, rape. Cf. Rape a plant.] (Bot.) A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called ramps.

Note: The name is sometimes given to plants of the genus Phyteuma, herds of the Bellflower family, and to the American evening primrose (Enothera biennis), which has run wild in some parts of Europe.
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Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rapped, usually written Rapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping.] [OE. rapen; akin to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan. rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush, hurry. The word has been confused with L. rapere to seize. Cf. Rape robbery, Rapture, Raff, v., Ramp, v.]

1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.

And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt The whirring chariot. --Chapman.

From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove. --Sir H. Wotton.

2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

3. To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration.

I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears. --Addison.

Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope.

4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Law]

To rap and ren, To rap and rend. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa to hurry and r[ae]na plunder, fr. r[=a]n plunder, E. ran.] To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden. "[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne." --Chaucer.

All they could rap and rend pilfer. --Hudibras.

To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.

A judge who rapped out a great oath. --Addison.
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Rape\ (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.]

1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray.

2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making.

3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.

Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of pressed grapes.
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Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L. rapere. See Rap to snatch.]

1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.

And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain. --Sandys.

2. (Law) Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n.

3. That which is snatched away. [Obs.]

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

4. Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. [Obs.]
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