rap-, rav-

1. An expression of criticism and disappointment because of something that someone has done that is unacceptable: "The correption which the student received from the principal was well deserved because he was caught spray painting on the walls of one of the buildings on the school grounds.
2. Etymology: from Latin correptio, then from corripere, "to seize".

1. Thrilled; in a state of delight or ecstasy: "The enrapt visitors were in awe of the colors and depth of the canyon."
2. Filled with delight: "The young girl's enrapt audience wanted to hear more of her singing."

1. To fill with great happiness or delight: "Her wonderful voice enraptured the audience."
2. To have a powerful, agreeable, and often overwhelming emotional effect on people: "The children were enraptured by the teacher's stories."

1. Deeply moved: "Many in the enraptured audience were greatly moved by the woman's presentations."
2. Feeling great pleasure or delight; ecstatic, impassioned, or enthusiastic: "The enraptured response of the people to the music was greatly appreciated by the musicians."

1. Erosion as a result of running water or wave action: "The various fluviraptions in coastal areas are obviously caused by the actions of waves; especially, as a result of storms or tsunamis."
2. Washing away or washing off of loose material; such as, earth, sand, etc. as a result of flowing water: "Large waves, or a series of waves, caused by an earthquake that moves large quantities of water in the ocean will create all kinds of fluviraptions when they hit land."

1. Taking by force, plundering: "During the riots, rapacious looters stole merchandise by breaking the windows and doors of stores."
2. Ravenous; greedy: "The children ate in a rapacious way by grabbing and filling their mouths full and eating voraciously."
3. Living by preying on other animals; especially, by catching live prey: "The rapacious wolves were devouring the deer as quickly as they could."

1. Excessively greedy and grasping: "As a divorcee, she was using the court to rapaciously get more money from her husband."
3. Devouring or craving food in great quantities: "Despite her liver condition, she was rapaciously eating large quantities of fatty foods."

1. A disposition to plunder or to exact things by oppression: "The rapaciousness of the Vandals when they attacked Rome has been recorded in history."
2. Extreme gluttony: "For many people, obesity has been the result of rapaciousness in what has been eaten and the excessive quantities of their consumptions."
3. An excessive desire or greediness for wealth (usually in large amounts): "The rapaciousness of some lawyers and certain business people is antagonizing more and more people; especially, those who are finding it more difficult to survive in these bad economic conditions."

1. Any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person against his or her will: "Rape by law is an unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against someone's will or consent; usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age; or someone who is incapable of valid consent because of mental illness, mental deficiency, intoxication, deception, or unconsciousness."

"The common-law crime of rape usually involves a man having carnal (sexual) knowledge of a woman not his wife through force and against her will. While some states in the U.S. maintain essentially this definition of rape, most have broadened its scope; especially, regarding the terms of the genders and ages of the people and the nature of the acts involved."

2. An act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; despoliation; violation: "The rape of the countryside was committed by military forces which were out of control."
3. The act of seizing and carrying off by force: "History has many examples of the rapes of ancient cities."
4. Etymology: "to seize prey, to take by force," from Anglo-French raper, Old French raper, "to seize, to abduct"; a legal term, from Latin rapere, "to seize, to carry off by force, to abduct".

Latin rapere was used for "sexual violation", but only very rarely; the usual Latin word being stuprum; literally, "disgrace".

The sense of "sexual violation" or "ravishing of a woman" was first recorded in English as a noun, in 1481 A.D. The noun sense of "taking anything (including a woman) away by force" is from about 1400 A.D.

1. To force another person to submit to sex acts; especially, sexual intercourse; or to commit forceable sex on someone: "The hotel maid said the man had raped her and locked her in the toilet so he could get away before she revealed the raping."

"According to the law, the marital status of the person who is raped is usually irrelevant; moreover, the crime is codified under various names, including first degree sexual assault, sexual battery, unlawful sexual intercourse, and first degree sexual abuse."

2. To seize and to carry off by force: "The Vandals were accused of capturing or raping Romans by forcing them into slavery and the Romans also did their share of raping (snatching) other people and selling them as slaves."

3. To plunder or to pillage: "The Romans raped (sacked or plundered) many places during their years of conquering."

1. Acting, moving, or happening very quickly: "The rapid pace of the river challenged the kayakers in their trek down the river."
2. Occurring within a short time; happening speedily: "With the heavy rainfall, the rapid growth of the forest was predictable."
3. Moving or acting with great speed; swift: "Because of her rapid skills in sorting the tray of polished stones, the new worker earned a bonus in her pay."
4. Characterized by speed: "The rapid gesture of her swordsman friend distracted the competition and that's how he won the sword fighting contest."
5. Etymology: rapid is traced back to 1634, from Latin rapidus, "hasty, snatching", from rapere, "hurry away, carry off, seize, plunder" (related to Greek ereptomai, "devour"; harpazein "snatch away").

Rapids is from 1765, from French rapides, applied by French voyagers to North American rivers.

Like rape and rapture, rapid came ultimately from Latin rapere, "seize by force". From this was derived the adjective rapidus, which originally indicated "carrying off by force".

The notion of "swiftness" soon became incorporated into the meaning and although the Latin adjective retained its original connotations of "violence" (it suggested "impetuous speed" or "haste); by the time it reached English, it had simply become synonymous with "quick" or "fast".

A fast state or quality; speediness; celerity: " The rapidity of the tornadoes caught just about everyone off guard and not prepared for the consequences."

"The new student amazed the teacher and the class with his rapidity in solving mental math calculations."

1. A reference to fast movements: "The rapidly advancing waves swept the small boat towards the shore."
2. With great speed, celerity, or velocity; swiftly: "The velocity of the winds was rapidly increasing the intensity of the hurricane."
3. With quick progression; such as, to run with great speed; to grow or to improve quickly: "During the foot race, their team member was observed rapidly gaining on the racer from the other school."
4. With fast utterance or talking: "It was difficult to understand the speaker because she tended to speak too rapidly."

Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed: "The rapidness of the man’s breathing was of concern to the doctor who was carefully monitoring the patient."

1. An extremely fast-moving or fast-flowing part of a river, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed: "For our summer holiday, we plan to kayak on the river and to shoot the rapids through the treacherous fast flowing water."
2. The part of a river where the current moves with more celerity than the common current: "The rapids in the river were filled with large boulders and we decided to portage around them by carrying our boat and supplies overland."

"A rapids is a section of a river where it loses elevation over a relatively short distance when the stream gradient is locally steepened, causing an increase in water flow and turbulence."