rape

  • 11Rape — Rape, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. ra pys, ra fys, G. r[ u]be.] (Bot.) 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… …

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  • 12Rape — Rape, v. t. 1. To commit rape upon; to ravish. [1913 Webster] 2. (Fig., Colloq.) To perform an action causing results harmful or very unpleasant to a person or thing; as, women raped first by their assailants, and then by the Justice system.… …

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  • 13Rapé — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El rapé es un preparado de tabaco molido y habitualmente aromatizado dispuesto para ser consumido por via nasal. La palabra viene del francés rappé, rallado. Como la mayor parte de las formas de consumo de tabaco, la …

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  • 14rape — sustantivo masculino 1. (macho y hembra) Género Lophius. Pez de cuerpo aplanado, cabeza grande y redondeada, y boca y aletas laterales también grandes, que vive en el Atlántico y el Mediterráneo y es muy apreciado por su carne: He comprado medio… …

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  • 15rape — RAPE. s. f. Outil, espece de lime dont se servent les Sculpteurs pour mettre leur ouvrage en estat de recevoir le dernier achevement. Cette figure est en estat d y passer la rape. La rape sert aussi quelquefois aux Menuisiers, aux Plombiers, &… …

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  • 16rape — rape1 [rāp] n. [ME, prob. < the v.] 1. a) the crime of engaging in sexual acts, esp. involving penetration of the vagina or anus, usually forcibly, with a person who has not consented; specif., this crime committed by a man upon a woman or… …

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  • 17RAPE — (Heb. אֹנֶס, ones), sexual intercourse with a woman against her will. Unless the contrary be proved by the testimony of witnesses, intercourse with a woman in a place where no one could have come to her aid even if she had cried out ( in the open …

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  • 18Rape — Rape, n. [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. [1913 Webster] And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain. Sandys. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 19Rape — (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. [1913 Webster] 3. A filter… …

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  • 20rapé — (Del fr. rapé, rallado). m. tabaco rapé …

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