RAPE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin rapa, rapum turnip, ~; akin to Old High German rāba turnip, ~, Lithuanian ropė Date: 14th century an Old World herb ( Brassica napus ) of the mustard family grown as a forage crop and for its seeds which yield ~seed oil and are a bird food, II. transitive verb (~d; raping) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~re Date: 14th century 1. to seize and take away by force, despoil , to commit ~ on, ~r noun rapist noun III. noun Date: 14th century an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force, unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent, an outrageous violation, IV. noun Etymology: French râpe g~ stalk Date: 1657 g~ pomace