different between rapine vs arpine
rapine
English
Etymology
From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rap?na, from rapi?. Compare ravine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æpa?n/
Noun
rapine (countable and uncountable, plural rapines)
- The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage, plunder.
- 1848, Thomas Macaulay, “The History of England from the Accession Of James II”
- men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
- 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), Part V: “The Merchant Princes”, Ch.10, pp.157–158:
- “You could join Wiscard’s remnants in the Red Stars. I don’t know, though, if you’d call that fighting or piracy. Or you could join our present gracious viceroy?—?gracious by right of murder, pillage, rapine, and the word of a boy Emperor, since rightfully assassinated.”
- 1848, Thomas Macaulay, “The History of England from the Accession Of James II”
Translations
References
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000).
Verb
rapine (third-person singular simple present rapines, present participle rapining, simple past and past participle rapined)
- (transitive) To plunder.
- 1619, George Buck, History of Richard III:
- A Tyrant doth not only rapine his Subjects, but spoils and robs Churches.
- 1619, George Buck, History of Richard III:
Translations
Anagrams
- Napier, arpine, panier
Italian
Noun
rapine f
- plural of rapina
Anagrams
- aprine
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arpine
English
Noun
arpine (plural arpines)
- Obsolete form of arpent.
- 1623, John Webster, The Devil's Law Case
- Why , mistress , ' tis your only way,
Before the judge's face: if he be master
To enjoin me first that I reveal to you
Of poor ten arpines of land forty hours longer
- Why , mistress , ' tis your only way,
- 1623, John Webster, The Devil's Law Case
Anagrams
- Napier, panier, rapine
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