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rampant definition

ramp·ant (ram′pənt)

adjective

  1. growing luxuriantly; flourishing rampant plants
  2. spreading unchecked; widespread; rife
  3. violent and uncontrollable in action, manner, speech, etc.
  4. Archit. having one abutment higher than the other: said of an arch
    1. rearing up on the hind legs
    2. Heraldry depicted thus in profile, with one forepaw raised above the other a lion rampant

Etymology: ME < OFr, prp. of ramper: see ramp

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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