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rípere — m ( es/ as) 1. reaper; 2. a robber, plunderer, spoiler … Old to modern English dictionary
reaper — ripere … English to the Old English
reaper — /ree peuhr/, n. 1. a machine for cutting standing grain; reaping machine. 2. a person who reaps. 3. See Grim Reaper. [bef. 1000; ME reper, OE ripere. See REAP, ER1] * * * Any farm machine that cuts grain (cereal). Early reapers simply cut the… … Universalium
reaper — (n.) O.E. ripere (in compound hripemann), agent noun from REAP (Cf. reap) (v.). As the name of a personification of death, from 1839 … Etymology dictionary
subreption — sub•rep•tion [[t]səbˈrɛp ʃən[/t]] n. 1) rel Canon Law. a concealment of the facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant 2) law concealment or misrepresentation of facts • Etymology: 1590–1600; < … From formal English to slang
surreptitious — sur•rep•ti•tious [[t]ˌsɜr əpˈtɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. 1) obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; clandestine; secret: a surreptitious glance[/ex] 2) acting in a stealthy way • Etymology: 1400–50; < L surreptīcius stolen, clandestine =surrept(us), ptp … From formal English to slang
reaper — [rēp′ər] n. [ME reper < OE ripere] 1. a person who reaps 2. a machine for reaping grain the Grim Reaper or the Reaper death: often personified as a shrouded skeleton bearing a scythe … English World dictionary
direption — də̇ˈrepshən noun ( s) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin direption , direptio, from direptus (past participle of diripere to tear apart, plunder, from di from dis apart + ripere, from rapere to seize and carry off) + ion … Useful english dictionary
