trapan (plural trapans)
A snare; a stratagem; a trepan.
trapan (third-person singular simple present trapans, present participle trapanning, simple past and past participle trapanned)
(transitive) To ensnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
• partan, tarpan
Source: Wiktionary
Tra*pan", n. Etym: [OF. trappan. See Trap, and cf. Trepan a snare.]
Definition: A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan. South.
Tra*pan", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapanning.]
Definition: To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan. Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia. Anson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2024
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
