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raper1 (s.xiii1/3)
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raper1 (s.xiii1/3)

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rapir; 
p.pr rapisant,  rapisaunt  
  FEW:  rapere 10,63a Gdf:  raper 6,598b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  raper  DMF:  raper  / rapir  TLF: ∅ OED:  rape v.2  MED:  rapen v.2  DMLBS:  rapere 2654a

v.intrans.

to rape, ravish, sexually assault a woman : 
( 1400-01 )  si aucun Galois desorenavant entre les countees a ce adjoignantz en la Roialme d’Engleterre, et en ycelles arde, tue, rape, ou aucune autre felonie ou trespas face [...]  Stats ii 129

p.pr. as a.

zool.(of animals) ravening, rapacious, bloodthirsty: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  dedens sunt lows rapisauns  Mar Diable 106

[gdw]

See also:

rap1  rapine  rapiner  ravenous  ravine1  raviner1  ravinier  ravir  raviser2  ravissable  ravissance  ravissement  ravissur 
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