RAMPIRE

Noun

rampire (plural rampires)

(archaic) A rampart.

Verb

rampire (third-person singular simple present rampires, present participle rampiring, simple past and past participle rampired)

(archaic, transitive) To fortify with a rampart; to form into a rampart.

Anagrams

• rampier

Source: Wiktionary


Ram"pire, n.

Definition: A rampart. [Archaic] The Trojans round the place a rampire cast. Dryden.

Ram"pire, v. t.

Definition: To fortify with a rampire; to form into a rampire. [Archaic] Chapman. "Rampired walls of gold." R. Browning.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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