GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Reap (rēp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaped (rēpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaping.] [OE. repen, AS. rīpan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.]
   1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
   
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   When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. Lev. xix. 9.
   
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   2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, “to reap a benefit from exertions”.
   
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   Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing
   
   For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate? Milton.
   
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   3. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, “to reap a field”.
   
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   4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.]  Shak.
   
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   Reaping hook, an implement having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated.
   
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   Reap, v. i. To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
   
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   They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5.
   
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   Reap, n. [Cf. AS. rīp harvest. See Reap, v.] A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]  Wright.
   
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