RAPE

rape, violation, assault, ravishment

(noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

rape, rapine

(noun) the act of despoiling a country in warfare

rape, colza, Brassica napus

(noun) Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop

rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder

(verb) destroy and strip of its possession; “The soldiers raped the beautiful country”

rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage

(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will; “The woman was raped on her way home at night”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

rape (countable and uncountable, plural rapes)

(now, rare) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder. [from early 14th c.]

(now, archaic) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes. [from 15th c.]

The act of forcing sexual intercourse upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now in many jurisdictions any sex act forced by any person upon another person; by extension any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any animal. [from 15th c.]

(obsolete) That which is snatched away.

(obsolete) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.

(slang) Overpowerment; utter defeat.

Verb

rape (third-person singular simple present rapes, present participle raping, simple past and past participle raped)

(transitive, intransitive) To seize by force. (Now often with overtones of later senses.) [from late 14th c.]

(transitive) To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct. [from 15th c.]

(chiefly, transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent. [from 16th c.]

(transitive) To plunder, to destroy or despoil. [from 17th c.]

(US slang, chiefly, Internet) To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (seize): theft, thievery

• (force sexual intercourse): ravish, violate, vitiate

• (abuse): plunder, despoil

Etymology 2

Noun

rape (plural rapes)

(now, historical) One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England. [from 11th c.]

Etymology 3

Verb

rape (third-person singular simple present rapes, present participle raping, simple past and past participle raped)

(obsolete, intransitive or reflexive) To make haste; to hasten or hurry. [14th-16th c.]

Noun

rape (plural rapes)

(obsolete) Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course. [14th-17th c.]

Adverb

rape (comparative more rape, superlative most rape)

(obsolete) Quickly; hastily. [14th-19th c.]

Etymology 4

Noun

rape (plural rape)

synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus. [late 14th c.]

Etymology 5

Noun

rape (countable and uncountable, plural rapes)

The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.

A filter containing the stalks and husks of grapes, used for clarifying wine, vinegar, etc.

(obsolete) Fruit plucked in a bunch.

Anagrams

• Earp, Pera, aper, pare, pear, prae-, præ-, reap

Proper noun

Rape (plural Rapes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rape is the 22012^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1178 individuals. Rape is most common among White (95.16%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Earp, Pera, aper, pare, pear, prae-, præ-, reap

Source: Wiktionary

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Rape (rap), n. Etym: [F. râpe 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.

Rape, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n. statutory rape.

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.] rape of the land by mining companies.

Rape, v. t.

Definition: To commit rape upon; to ravish. raped first by their assailant, and then by the Justice system. Corresponds to 2nd rape, n. 5. To rape and ren. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.

Rape, v. i.

Definition: To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] Heywood.

Rape, n. Etym: [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel. hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.]

Definition: One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire.

Rape, n. Etym: [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. rübe.] (Bot.)

Definition: A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds.

Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously named, but are all now believed to be derived from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct from the wild stock (B. oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole. Broom rape. (Bot.) See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary.

– Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been expressed from the seed.

– Rape root. Same as Rape.

– Summer rape. (Bot.) See Colza.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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