rapefult (rapful)

[ to rape or violence. [Rare.] To teach the rapeful Hyeans marriage. Chapman, Byron's Tragedy, iv. 1. ( Nares .) rapelyt (rap'li), adv . [ME., also raply , rap pliche , etc.; rapel , a ., + -ly2 .] Hastily; hurriedly; quickly; rapidly. Then seih we a Samaritan cam syttynge on a mule, Rydynge full raply the way that we wente. Piers Plowman (C), xx. 48. 2. In law , the violation or carnal knowledge of a woman forcibly and against her will. Forcibly is usually understood not nece arily to mean violence, but to include negative consent. Statutes in various juris- dictions modify the definition, some by extending it to in- clude carnal knowledge of a girl under 10 either with or without her consent. Rape is regarded as one of the worst felonies. The penalty for it was formerly death, as it is still in some jurisdictions, but is now generally imprison oil expre ed from rape-seed. It was formerly, as ment for life or for a long term of years. now often called criminal a ault. 3. Something taken or seized and carried away; a captured person or thing. [Rare.] Where now are all my hopes? oh, never more Shall they revive, nor Death her rapes restore! Sandys. Rape of the forest, in Eng. law, trespa committed in the forest by violence. rape (rap), n. [ rapes. The Rape is... a mere geographical expre ion, the judicial organisation remaining in the hundred. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 45. = IMG:content-1633.jpg:[blocks in formation]