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rap⋅port

  [ra-pawr, -pohr, ruh-]
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–noun
relation; connection, esp. harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
Origin:
1530–40; < F, deriv. of rapporter to bring back, report, equiv. to r(e-) re- + apporter (OF aporter < L apportāre, equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + portāre to carry; see port 5 )

Synonyms:
fellowship, camaraderie, understanding.
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rap·port   (rā-pôr', -pōr', rə-)   
n.  Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

[French, from Old French, from raporter, to bring back : re-, re- + aporter, to bring (from Latin apportāre : ad-, ad- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).]
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