“rapes” is a form of
rape
/ˈɹeɪ̯p/ noun, verb, adverb, proper noun
Forms rapes raping raped
- noun The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
- noun Overpowerment; utter defeat.
- noun An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards. “The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.”
- noun (now rare) The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder. “the Rape of Nanjing”
- noun (now archaic) The abduction of a woman, especially for sexual purposes.
- noun (obsolete) That which is snatched away.
- noun (obsolete) Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.
- verb (chiefly transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
- verb (transitive, intransitive) To seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.)
- verb (transitive) To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
- verb (transitive) To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
- verb (slang, sometimes offensive) To subject (another person) to a painful or unfair experience.
- verb To overpower, destroy (someone); to trounce. “My experienced opponent will rape me at chess.”
- verb To exploit an advantage, often involving money, where the other person has little choice but to submit. “Have you seen the prices in that store lately? I got raped for $20 just buying a sandwich.”
- noun (now historical) One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.
- verb (obsolete, intransitive or reflexive) To make haste; to hasten or hurry.
- noun (obsolete) Haste; precipitancy; a precipitate course.
- adverb (obsolete) Quickly; hastily.
- noun Synonym of rapeseed, Brassica napus.
- noun The stalks and husks of grapes from which the must has been expressed in winemaking.
Synonyms
ravish violate vitiate loot seize snatch take apprehend begripe capture fang grasp get gripe lay hold of take hold steal abduct abstract appropriate colza Brassica napus rapine violation assault ravishment dishonor dishonour outrage spoil
Etymology
From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from Etymology 3, an Old Norse word.
Generally considered to derive from Old English rāp (“rope”), in reference to the ropes used to delineate the courts that ruled each rape. Compare Dutch reep and the parish of Rope, Cheshire.
In the 18th century, Edward Lye proposed derivation from Old Norse hreppr (“tract of land”), but this was rejected by the New English Dictionary and is considered "phonologically impossible" by the English Place-Name Society. Others, considering it improbable that the Normans would have adopted a local word, suggest derivation from Old French raper (“take by force”).
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From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną (“to fall down”). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall”), Danish rappe (“to make haste”), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry”).
From Middle English rape, from Latin rāpa, from rāpum (“turnip”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray.
- noun The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making.
- noun The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.
- noun Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n. statutory rape.
Etymology [F. râpe a grape stalk.]
Etymology [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L. rapere. See Rap to snatch.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “rape”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details