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rapt
(encz) | rapt,zahloubaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Rapt
(gcide) | Rap \Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rapped (r[a^]pt), usually
written Rapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping.] [OE. rapen; akin
to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan.
rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush,
hurry. The word has been confused with L. rapere to seize.
Cf. Rape robbery, Rapture, Raff, v., Ramp, v.]
1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
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And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt
The whirring chariot. --Chapman.
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From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund
Bacon, to Redgrove. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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3. To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to
transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or
rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
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I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
--Addison.
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Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope.
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4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Low]
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5. To engage in a discussion, converse.
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6. (ca. 1985) to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often
with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by
some as a type of music; see rap music.
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To rap and ren, To rap and rend. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa
to hurry and r[ae]na plunder, fr. r[=a]n plunder, E. ran.]
To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden.
"[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne." --Chaucer.
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All they could rap and rend and pilfer. --Hudibras.
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To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.
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A judge who rapped out a great oath. --Addison.
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Rapt
(gcide) | Rapt \Rapt\ (r[a^]pt),
imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
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Rapt
(gcide) | Rapt \Rapt\, a.
1. Snatched away; hurried away or along.
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Waters rapt with whirling away. --Spenser.
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2. Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.;
enraptured. "The rapt musician." --Longfellow.
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3. Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation.
"Rapt in secret studies." --Shak.
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Rapt
(gcide) | Rapt \Rapt\, n. [From F. rapt abduction, rape, L. raptus, fr.
rapere to seize and carry off, to transport; or fr. E. rapt,
a. See Rapt, a., and Rapid.]
1. An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] --Bp. Morton.
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2. Rapidity. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Rapt
(gcide) | Rapt \Rapt\, v. t.
1. To transport or ravish. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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2. To carry away by force. [Obs.] --Daniel.
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rapt
(wn) | rapt
adj 1: feeling great rapture or delight [syn: ecstatic,
enraptured, rapturous, rapt, rhapsodic] |
rapt
(foldoc) | RAPT
["An Interpreter for a Language for Describing Assemblies",
R.J. Popplestone et al, Artif Intell 14:79-107 (1980)].
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enrapture
(mass) | enrapture
- okúzliť |
contraption
(encz) | contraption,pomůcka n: Zdeněk Brož |
enrapture
(encz) | enrapture,okouzlit v: Zdeněk Brož |
enraptured
(encz) | enraptured,okouzlil v: Zdeněk Brož |
eoraptor
(encz) | eoraptor, n: |
graptolites
(encz) | graptolites, |
maniraptor
(encz) | maniraptor, n: |
order raptores
(encz) | order Raptores, n: |
oviraptorid
(encz) | oviraptorid, n: |
raptly
(encz) | raptly, |
raptness
(encz) | raptness, |
raptor
(encz) | raptor,dravec n: Zdeněk Brož |
raptorial
(encz) | raptorial, adj: |
raptorial bird
(encz) | raptorial bird, n: |
rapture
(encz) | rapture,přemístění n: přemístění člověka z jednoho místa na jiné,
zvláště pak do nebe Jiří Dadákrapture,vytržení n: Zdeněk Brož |
rapturous
(encz) | rapturous,nadšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
rapturously
(encz) | rapturously,nadšeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
raptus
(encz) | raptus, n: |
raptus hemorrhagicus
(encz) | raptus hemorrhagicus, n: |
suborder maniraptora
(encz) | suborder Maniraptora, n: |
utahraptor
(encz) | utahraptor, n: |
velociraptor
(encz) | velociraptor, n: |
wrapt
(encz) | wrapt, |
chraptivost
(czen) | chraptivost,gruffnessn: Zdeněk Brožchraptivost,raucousnessn: Zdeněk Brož |
chraptivý
(czen) | chraptivý,raucousadj: Zdeněk Brož |
chraptivě
(czen) | chraptivě,huskilyadv: Zdeněk Brožchraptivě,raucouslyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
chraptět
(czen) | chraptět,hoarsev: Zdeněk Brož |
ochraptělost
(czen) | ochraptělost,hoarsenessn: Zdeněk Brož |
ochraptělý
(czen) | ochraptělý,hoarseadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cerapteryx graminis
(gcide) | Antler \Ant"ler\, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller,
endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL.
antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.]
(Zool.)
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine
animal, as of a stag.
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Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay.
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Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler,
and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay
antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are
often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not
horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while
growing. See Velvet.
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Antler moth (Zool.), a destructive European moth
(Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.
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Contraption
(gcide) | Contraption \Con*trap"tion\, n.
A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully.
[Colloq. or Dial.] -- Con*trap"tious, a.
We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions
which have been thus evolved and put upon the market.
--F. M. Ware.
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Contraptious
(gcide) | Contraption \Con*trap"tion\, n.
A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully.
[Colloq. or Dial.] -- Con*trap"tious, a.
We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions
which have been thus evolved and put upon the market.
--F. M. Ware.
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Enrapt
(gcide) | Enrapt \En*rapt"\, p. a. [Pref. en- + rapt. Cf. Enravish.]
Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. --Shak.
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Enrapture
(gcide) | Enrapture \En*rap"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Enraptured (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrapturing.]
To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to
enravish. --Shenstone.
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Enraptured
(gcide) | Enrapture \En*rap"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Enraptured (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrapturing.]
To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to
enravish. --Shenstone.
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Enrapturing
(gcide) | Enrapture \En*rap"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Enraptured (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrapturing.]
To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to
enravish. --Shenstone.
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Grapta comma
(gcide) | Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. ?
clause, fr. ? to cut off. Cf. Capon.]
1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of
a sentence, written or printed.
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2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major
and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
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Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped
like a comma, found in the intestines of patients
suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having
a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera
bacillus}.
Comma butterfly (Zool.), an American butterfly ({Grapta
comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under
side of the wings.
[1913 Webster]Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel.
almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. Old.]
(Bot.)
A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as
a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is
Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is {U.
Americana}; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.
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Elm beetle (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles
(esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves
of the elm.
Elm borer (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles of
which the larv[ae] bore into the wood or under the bark of
the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata).
Elm butterfly (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of
butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the
leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and {Grapta
comma}). See Comma butterfly, under Comma.
Elm moth (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of moths of
which the larv[ae] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp.
Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm).
Elm sawfly (Zo["o]l.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana).
The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe,
feeds on the leaves of the elm.
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Graptodera chalybea
(gcide) | Flea-beetle \Flea"-bee`tle\, n. (Zool.)
A small beetle of the family Halticid[ae], of many species.
They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The
turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the
grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious
species.
[1913 Webster]Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See Wine, and
cf. Vignette.] (Bot.)
(a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
(b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
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There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
viii. 13.
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And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds. --2 Kings iv.
89.
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Vine apple (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
Williams.
Vine beetle (Zool.), any one of several species of beetles
which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the
grapevine. Among the more important species are the
grapevine fidia (see Fidia), the spotted Pelidnota
(Pelidnota punctata) (see Rutilian), the vine
fleabeetle (Graptodera chalybea), the rose beetle (see
under Rose), the vine weevil, and several species of
Colaspis and Anomala.
Vine borer. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae
bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
Sinoxylon basilare, a small species the larva of
which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter
sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
vine weevil), which produces knotlike galls on the
branches.
(b) A clearwing moth (Aegeria polistiformis), whose
larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
destructive.
Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Vine forester (Zool.), any one of several species of moths
belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvae feed
on the leaves of the grapevine.
Vine fretter (Zool.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
that injuries the grapevine.
Vine grub (Zool.), any one of numerous species of insect
larvae that are injurious to the grapevine.
Vine hopper (Zool.), any one of several species of leaf
hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
Erythroneura vitis. See Illust. of Grape hopper, under
Grape.
Vine inchworm (Zool.), the larva of any species of
geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
especially Cidaria diversilineata.
Vine-leaf rooer (Zool.), a small moth (Desmia maculalis)
whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the
grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white.
Vine louse (Zool.), the phylloxera.
Vine mildew (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium
Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
stage of an Erysiphe.
Vine of Sodom (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
Sodom. See Apple of Sodom, under Apple.
Vine sawfly (Zool.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
grapevine. The larvae stand side by side in clusters while
feeding.
Vine slug (Zool.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
Vine sorrel (Bot.), a climbing plant (Cissus acida)
related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
found in Florida and the West Indies.
Vine sphinx (Zool.), any one of several species of hawk
moths. The larvae feed on grapevine leaves.
Vine weevil. (Zool.) See Vine borer
(a) above, and Wound gall, under Wound.
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Graptolite
(gcide) | Graptolite \Grap"to*lite\, n. [NL, Graptolithus, from Gr. ? is
engraved, written (gra`fein to write) + ? stone.] (Paleon.)
One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of
the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the
Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group
(Graptolithina) supposed to be hydroids.
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Graptolitic
(gcide) | Graptolitic \Grap"to*lit`ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; as,
a graptolitic slate.
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Halesia tetraptera
(gcide) | Silver \Sil"ver\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
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2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." --Shak.
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Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
Their downy breast. --Milton.
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(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver
voices." --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." --Spenser.
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American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
Balsam.
Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.
Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
(Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.
Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.
Silver chub (Zool.), the fallfish.
Silver eel. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.
Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata)
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.
Silver foil, foil made of silver.
Silver fox (Zool.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes
vulpes}, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of
Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with
silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black
fox}, and silver-gray fox.
Silver gar. (Zool.) See Billfish
(a) .
Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.
Silver grebe (Zool.), the red-throated diver. See Illust.
under Diver.
Silver hake (Zool.), the American whiting.
Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.
Silver lunge (Zool.), the namaycush.
Silver moonfish.(Zool.) See Moonfish
(b) .
Silver moth (Zool.), a lepisma.
Silver owl (Zool.), the barn owl.
Silver perch (Zool.), the mademoiselle, 2.
Silver pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species (Euplocamus nychtemerus) is native of China.
Silver plate,
(a) domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
silver.
(b) a plating of silver on a base metal.
Silver plover (Zool.), the knot.
Silver salmon (Zool.), a salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all
the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called
also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon.
Silver shell (Zool.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia.
See Anomia.
Silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small
proportion of silver.
Silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of
the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.
Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron
argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves.
Silver trout, (Zool.) See Trout.
Silver wedding. See under Wedding.
Silver whiting (Zool.), a marine sciaenoid food fish
(Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United
States; -- called also surf whiting.
Silver witch (Zool.), A lepisma.
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Paraptera
(gcide) | Parapterum \Pa*rap"te*rum\, n.; pl. Paraptera. [NL. See
Para-, and Pteron.] (Zool.)
A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and
metathorax of certain insects.
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Parapterum
(gcide) | Parapterum \Pa*rap"te*rum\, n.; pl. Paraptera. [NL. See
Para-, and Pteron.] (Zool.)
A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and
metathorax of certain insects.
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predatory rapacious raptorial ravening vulturine vulturous
(gcide) | Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing
determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at
the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or
desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults;
unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person,
nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive
basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his
convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of
unaggressive.
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No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
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2. Marked by self-confident ambition, vigorous
competitiveness, energy and initiative; as, an aggressive
young executive.
Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
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3. (Med., Biol.) Tending to grow or spread quickly; as, an
aggressive tumor. [Narrower terms: {invasive (vs.
noninvasive) ] --AS
Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
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4. Tending to initiate unprovoked attacks; initiating
unprovoked military action; eager to fight; as, aggressive
acts against another country.
Syn: belligerent.
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Note: Narrower related terms: {bellicose, combative,
pugnacious, scrappy, truculent ; {hard-hitting,
high-pressure ; hostile (used of attempts to buy or
take control of a business: "hostile takeover";
"hostile tender offer"); {predatory, rapacious,
raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous . See also:
assertive, hostile, offensive.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
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Rapt
(gcide) | Rap \Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rapped (r[a^]pt), usually
written Rapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Rapping.] [OE. rapen; akin
to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan.
rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush,
hurry. The word has been confused with L. rapere to seize.
Cf. Rape robbery, Rapture, Raff, v., Ramp, v.]
1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
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And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt
The whirring chariot. --Chapman.
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From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund
Bacon, to Redgrove. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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3. To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to
transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or
rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
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I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
--Addison.
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Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope.
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4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Low]
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5. To engage in a discussion, converse.
[PJC]
6. (ca. 1985) to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often
with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by
some as a type of music; see rap music.
[PJC]
To rap and ren, To rap and rend. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa
to hurry and r[ae]na plunder, fr. r[=a]n plunder, E. ran.]
To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden.
"[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne." --Chaucer.
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All they could rap and rend and pilfer. --Hudibras.
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To rap out, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.
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A judge who rapped out a great oath. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]Rapt \Rapt\ (r[a^]pt),
imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away.
[1913 Webster]Rapt \Rapt\, a.
1. Snatched away; hurried away or along.
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Waters rapt with whirling away. --Spenser.
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2. Transported with love, admiration, delight, etc.;
enraptured. "The rapt musician." --Longfellow.
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3. Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation.
"Rapt in secret studies." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Rapt \Rapt\, n. [From F. rapt abduction, rape, L. raptus, fr.
rapere to seize and carry off, to transport; or fr. E. rapt,
a. See Rapt, a., and Rapid.]
1. An ecstasy; a trance. [Obs.] --Bp. Morton.
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2. Rapidity. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]Rapt \Rapt\, v. t.
1. To transport or ravish. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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2. To carry away by force. [Obs.] --Daniel.
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Raptatores
(gcide) | Raptores \Rap*to"res\ (r[a^]p*t[=o]"r[=e]z), n. pl. [NL. See
Raptor.] (Zool.)
An order of birds, same as Accipitres. Called also
Raptatores.
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Rapter
(gcide) | Rapter \Rap"ter\ (r[a^]p"t[~e]r), n.
A raptor. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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Raptor
(gcide) | Raptor \Rap"tor\ (r[a^]p"t[~e]r), n. [L. raptor, from rapere to
ravish. See Rapid.]
A ravisher; a plunderer. [Obs.]
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Raptores
(gcide) | Raptores \Rap*to"res\ (r[a^]p*t[=o]"r[=e]z), n. pl. [NL. See
Raptor.] (Zool.)
An order of birds, same as Accipitres. Called also
Raptatores.
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Raptorial
(gcide) | Raptorial \Rap*to"ri*al\ (r[a^]p*t[=o]"r[i^]*al), a. (Zool.)
(a) Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of
certain birds.
(b) Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws,
etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.
(c) Of or pertaining to the Raptores. See Illust.
(f) of Aves.
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Raptorious
(gcide) | Raptorious \Rap*to"ri*ous\ (r[a^]p*t[=o]"r[i^]*[u^]s), a. [L.
raptorius.] (Zool.)
Raptorial.
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Rapture
(gcide) | Rapture \Rap"ture\ (r[a^]p"t[-u]r; 135), n. [L. rapere, raptum,
to carry off by force. See Rapid.]
1. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with
violence. [Obs.]
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That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash
With headlong rapture. --Chapman.
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2. The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from
one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing
passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.
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Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the
hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion,
and advances praise into rapture. --Addison.
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You grow correct that once with rapture writ.
--Pope.
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3. A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Syn: Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation.
[1913 Webster]Rapture \Rap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raptured (-t[-u]rd;
135); p. pr. & vb. n. Rapturing.]
To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic]
--Thomson.
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Raptured
(gcide) | Rapture \Rap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raptured (-t[-u]rd;
135); p. pr. & vb. n. Rapturing.]
To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic]
--Thomson.
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Rapturing
(gcide) | Rapture \Rap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raptured (-t[-u]rd;
135); p. pr. & vb. n. Rapturing.]
To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic]
--Thomson.
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Rapturist
(gcide) | Rapturist \Rap"tur*ist\, n.
An enthusiast. [Obs.] --J. Spencer.
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Rapturize
(gcide) | Rapturize \Rap"tur*ize\ (-[imac]z), v. t. & i.
To put, or be put, in a state of rapture. [R.]
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Rapturous
(gcide) | Rapturous \Rap"tur*ous\ (-[u^]s), a.
Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or
manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight;
rapturous applause.
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Rapturously
(gcide) | Rapturously \Rap"tur*ous*ly\, adv.
In a rapturous manner.
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Sophora tetraptera
(gcide) | kowhai \kowhai\ n.
A shrub or small tree (Sophora tetraptera) of New Zealand
and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow
flowers; it yields a hard strong wood.
Syn: Sophora tetraptera.
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Tetrapteran
(gcide) | Tetrapteran \Te*trap"ter*an\, n. [See Tetrapterous.] (Zool.)
An insect having four wings.
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Tetrapterous
(gcide) | Tetrapterous \Te*trap"ter*ous\, a. [Gr. ?; te`tra- (see
Tetra-) + ? wing.] (Zool.)
Having four wings.
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Tetraptote
(gcide) | Tetraptote \Tet"rap*tote\, n. [L. tetraptotum, Gr. ?.] (Gram.)
A noun that has four cases only. --Andrews.
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Tetrapturus albidus
(gcide) | Spearfish \Spear"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related
to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It
is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean.
(b) The carp sucker.
[1913 Webster]Billfish \Bill"fish`\ (b[i^]l"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
A name applied to several distinct fishes:
(a) The garfish (Tylosurus longirostris, or {Belone
longirostris}) and allied species.
(b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast
(Scomberesox saurus).
(c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species
related to the swordfish; the spearfish.
(d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).
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Unraptured
(gcide) | Unraptured \Unraptured\
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Urapteryx sambucaria
(gcide) | Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a.
1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a
swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or
pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
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2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
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Swallow-tailed duck (Zool.), the old squaw.
Swallow-tailed gull (Zool.), an Arctic gull ({Xema
furcata}), which has a deeply forked tail.
Swallow-tailed hawk or Swallow-tailed kite (Zool.), the
fork-tailed kite.
Swallow-tailed moth (Zool.), a European moth ({Urapteryx
sambucaria}) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.
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Wrapt
(gcide) | Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrappedor Wrapt; p. pr. &
vb. n. Wrapping.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp.
[root]144. Cf. Warp.]
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1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
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Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the
napkin that was about his head, not lying with the
linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by
itself. --John xx. 6,
7.
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Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
--Bryant.
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2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to
involve; to infold; -- often with up.
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I . . . wrapt in mist
Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. --Milton.
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3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to
involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
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Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew.
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To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be
entirely dependent on; to be covered with.
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Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was
wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of
her daughter. --Addison.
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Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . .
are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable
obscurity. --Locke.
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cerapteryx
(wn) | Cerapteryx
n 1: antler moths [syn: Cerapteryx, genus Cerapteryx] |
cerapteryx graminis
(wn) | Cerapteryx graminis
n 1: European moth with white antler-like markings on the
forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslands [syn:
antler moth, Cerapteryx graminis] |
contraption
(wn) | contraption
n 1: a device or control that is very useful for a particular
job [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance,
convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget] |
enrapture
(wn) | enrapture
v 1: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport,
enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant:
disenchant, disillusion] |
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