rapac1ty

[Fr. rapacité, from Lat. rapaci tatem, acc us. of rapacitas, from rapax (gen it. rapacis ) =rapacious (q.v.); Sp. rapacidad; Ital. rapacità.] 1. The quality or state of being rapacious; ad. dicted ne or disposition to plundering and pillaging; the actor practice of seizing by violence. 2. Avarice, greed; the act or practice of oppre ing by exactions; exorbitant greedine of gain. 3. Ravenousne , greedine ; as, the rapacity of animals. răp-a-du-ra, subst . [Port.] A kind of coarse unclarified sugar, made in some parts of South America, and cast into molds. răp-a-reē, s. [RAPPAREE.] rāpe (1), s . [ Icel.hrap =ruin, falling down, haste. The meaning has been affected by confusion with a supposed derivation from Lat. rapio to seize.] [RAP (2), v .] I. Ordinary Language: *1. Haste, hurry. "All is thorow thy negligence and rape." Chaucer: Unto his own Scrivener. 2. The act of snatching or carrying off by force, whether persons or things; as, the rupe of Proser pine. 3. Something taken or seized and carried away by force. "Where now are all my hopes? oh never more Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore." Sandys: Paraphrase of Job. 4. In the same sense as II. II. Law : Carnal knowledge of a woman by force against her will. Consent obtained by dure or threats of murder is nugatory. Rape is a felony raphaneæ punishable with imprisonment for life, or for a term of years, or with death. The age of consent on the part of the female varies in different states from ten to sixteen years. Carnal knowledge of a female under the age of consent is rape. Rape of the forest : Old Law : A trespa committed in the forest by violence. rāpe (2), s. [O. Fr. rape.] 1. Fruit plucked from the cluster. "The juice of grapes is drawn as well from the rape or whole grapes plucked from the cluster."- Ray . 2. ( Pl .): The stalks and skins of grapes from which must has been expre ed. 3. A filter used in a vinegar manufactory to separate the mucilaginous matter from the vinegar. It derives its name from the fact of being charged with rapes.