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reap

  [reep]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
2. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.).
3. to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits.
–verb (used without object)
4. to reap a crop, harvest, etc.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME repen, OE repan, riopan; c. MLG repen to ripple (flax); akin to ripe

Related forms:
reap⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
3. gather, earn, realize, gain, win.
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reap   (rēp)   
v.   reaped, reap·ing, reaps

v.   tr.

  1. To cut (grain or pulse) for harvest with a scythe, sickle, or reaper.

  2. To harvest (a crop).

  3. To harvest a crop from: reaping a field.

  4. To obtain as a result of effort: She reaped large profits from her unique invention.

v.   intr.

  1. To cut or harvest grain or pulse.

  2. To obtain a return or reward.


[Middle English repen, from Old English rīpan.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to collect: reap grain; garner compliments; gathering mushrooms; glean information; harvested rich rewards.
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Word Origin & History

reap 
"to cut grain with a hook or sickle," O.E. reopan, Mercian form of ripan "to reap," related to O.E. ripe "ripe" (see ripe). Reaper is O.E. ripere, in compound hripemann. Meaning "personification of death" is recorded from 1839.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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