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RAPTER n.
A raptor. [Obs.] Drayton.
RAPTOR n.
A ravisher; a plunderer. [Obs.]
RAPTORES n.
Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.
RAPTORIAL a. 3 definitions
Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals.
RAPTORIOUS a.
Raptorial.
RAPTURE n. 4 definitions
dity with violence. [Obs.] That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash With headlong rapture. Chapman.
RAPTURIST n.
An enthusiast. [Obs.] J. Spencer.
RAPTURIZE v.
To put, or be put, in a state of rapture. [R.]
RAPTUROUS a.
Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause.
RAPTUROUSLY adv.
In a rapturous manner.
REBAPTISATION; REBAPTIZATION n.
A second baptism. [Obs.] Hooker.
REBAPTISM n.
A second baptism.
REBAPTIZE v.
To baptize again or a second time.
REBAPTIZER n.
One who rebaptizes.
RECAPTION n.
ence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them. Blackstone. Writ of recaption (Law), a writ to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same cause.Wharton.
RECAPTOR n.
One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.
RECAPTURE n. 3 definitions
The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
SEA CAPTAIN n.
The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
SYNAPTA n.
A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.
SYNAPTASE n.
A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin.
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