Rape definition
The rape of Europa by Zeus.
The rape of the land by polluters.
The rape of the city by the invaders.
An example of rape is the charge brought against a man who forced a woman to have sex with him when she did not want to.
An example of rape is when a man forces a woman to have sex with him even though she does not want to.
An example of rape is when the construction of a housing development destroys an entire forest and area of land.
That woman was arrested after she raped him.
Origin of rape
- Middle English from rapen to rape from Old French raper to abduct from Latin rapere to seize rep- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- French râpe grape stalk from Old French from rasper to scrape rasp
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old French from Latin rāpa pl. of rāpum turnip
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Probably from Latin rapere (verb), Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (from Latin rapere). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off"), Norwegian rapa (“to rip off"), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize"), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect"); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Compare also rap (“seize, snatch").
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten"), from Proto-Germanic *hrapanÄ… (“to fall down"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to move, swing, jump"). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall"), Danish rappe (“to make haste"), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry").
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- Probably alternative form of rope (as originally used to mark out boundaries).
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- From Latin rapa, from rapum (“turnip").
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