RAPINES

Verb

rapines

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rapine

Anagrams

• Persian, arpines, asperin, paniers, prasine, saprine, separin

Source: Wiktionary


RAPINE

Rap"ine, n. Etym: [F. rapine; cf. Pr. & It. rapina; all fr. L. rapina, fr. rapere to seize and carry off by force. See Rapid, and cf. Raven rapine.]

1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder. Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory. Macaulay.

2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] Shak.

Rap"ine, v. t.

Definition: To plunder. Sir G. Buck.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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