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reapn.1 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reap v.1 Etymology: < reap v.1 or its Germanic base. Compare reap n.2, rip n.2With the Old English form reopa compare reopan at β. forms of the present stem of reap v.1 In Old English apparently a weak masculine (ripa ) and distinguished in gender and inflection from reap n.2, although the two words subsequently show considerable overlap in form. Now English regional (chiefly northern) and Irish English ( northern) the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > corn in sheaves > sheaf eOE (Mercian) (1965) cxxv. 6 Qui seminant in lacrimis in gaudio metent... Uenient in exultatione portantes manipulos suos : ða sawað in tearum in gefian hie reopað..cumað in wynsumnisse berende reopan [OE Cambridge Psalter rypan] heara. eOE (Mercian) (1965) cxxviii. 5 (7) Faenum..de quo non inplebit manum suam qui metet nec sinum suum qui manipulos colliget : heg..of ðæm ne gefylleð hond his se ripeð ne his sceat se ðe reopan sonnað. a1325 (Cambr.) (1929) 326 (MED) Un iavele [glossed] a repe..Les iaveles [glossed] repes. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Judith viii. 3 Men byndynge togidere reepis [a1382 E.V. sheues] in the feeld. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. 247 Barly..vppon repes bounde, And in a oone ybake. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxxv. 8 Thai sall cum with gladnes, berand thaire repis. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. xviv In some places they ley them [sc. beans and peas] on repes,..and neuer bynde them. 1613 G. Markham i. vi. 30 You may put twenty reapes together, and thereof make a cocke. 1641 in H. Best 67 As many as they thinke sufficient for a reape. 1743 W. Ellis (Dublin ed.) Aug. i. 3 If Rain should..soak the Kernels of Wheat in the Ear.., as they lie in Reaps on the Ground. 1764 2 81 Though the bottom of the reaps will be a little greenish, they must not be turned to weather the under side. 1805 R. W. Dickson II. 706 They are usually reaped with the sickle, and laid in thin grips or reaps. 1825 J. T. Brockett 173 Reap, a bundle of corn, parcels of which are laid by the reapers to be gathered into sheaves, by the binders in harvest time. 1890 J. D. Robertson 125 Reap, a sheaf. 1928 A. E. Pease 102/2 Reaps, the armfuls of reaped corn laid down (in reaping with the sickle), to be gathered into sheaves. 1996 C. I. Macafee 272/1 Reap, a handful of unthreshed corn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † reapn.2 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reap v.1 Etymology: < reap v.1 or its Germanic base. Compare bedrip n., gavel-rip n. at gavel n.1 Compounds.In Old English usually a strong neuter, but occasionally apparently a strong feminine. The word was thus distinguished in gender and inflection from reap n.1, although the two words subsequently show considerable overlap in form. It has been suggested that the word was originally derived from ripe adj. This seems unlikely on semantic grounds, although compare ripe n.1, which apparently shows a noun use of the adjective (of uncertain gender and inflection in Old English), which could perhaps be partly merged with the α. forms in contexts such as quot. OE2 at sense 1α. . Spellings such as Old English, Middle English rip at α. forms may represent forms with short stem vowel (as in the β. forms) as well as forms with long vowel (as clearly shown in e.g. Old English, Middle English riip ); compare the α. and γ. forms of the present tense of reap v.1 and see discussion at that entry. The presence of the inflectional ending -u in the Old English neuter accusative plural form ripu at α. forms suggests that the stem vowel may be short (in which case this form would belong at β); however, retention of the ending after a long stem vowel is not unparalleled. In forms such as Middle English rep , repe (see γ. forms) perhaps partly by lengthening in an open syllable of such a hypothetical short stem vowel (i.e. i in ripe ). However, probably already the Middle English γ. forms and certainly early modern English reap , reape are influenced by the β. forms of reap v.1 In later use (especially in sense 2) probably re-formed from the verb. The following English regional (Wiltshire) examples almost certainly show a later conversion from the verb, rather than later currency of the β. forms in sense 1:1850 J. Y. Akerman Spring-tide 166 If they speak of a scanty crop of corn they say, ‘a bad rip there’.1903 G. E. Dartnell in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 61/2 [S. Wiltshire] At rip. Obsolete. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > harvest α. eOE (Parker) anno 895 Þa wicode se cyng on neaweste.., þa hwile þe hie hira corn gerypon, þæt þa Deniscan him ne mehton þæs ripes forwiernan. OE (Northumbrian) xiii. 30 Sinite utraque crescere usque ad messem et in tempore messis dicam messoribus, colligite primum zizania : forletas egðer uel boege gewæxe wið to hripe [OE Rushw. ripe]..& in tid hripes [OE Rushw. ripes] ic willo cuoeða ðæm hrippemonnum geadriges uel somniges ærist ða unwæstma uel wilde ata. OE 246 Sumes onlice swa mon to ondleofne eorðan wæsmas on hærfeste ham gelædeð,..ær wintres cyme, on rypes timan, þy læs hi renes scur awyrde under wolcnum. OE (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 37 Micel rip ys... Biddaþ ðæs ripes hlaford þæt he sende wyrhtan to his ripe. OE Prognostics (Tiber.) in (1910) 125 61 Messes colligere letitiam significat : ripu gaderian blisse g[etacnaþ]. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) 67/728 (MED) Þis lif ȝe schulen leoten & nuten ȝe neauer hwenne, & reopen ripe of þet sed þet ȝe her seowen. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Kings xxi. 9 In þe daies of þe firste ryp [a1425 Corpus Oxf. 4 rijp; a1425 L.V. rep, c1450 Bodl. 277 ripp; L. messis]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 185 (MED) Þou hast no leve to sette þyn hook in oþer men ripe [v.r. rip, c1410 BL Add. ryppe, 1482 Caxton rype; ?a1475 anon. tr. corne; L. messem]. c1425 Serm. (BL Add.) in G. Cigman (1989) 30 For, as Crist seiþ, þe cockel schal growe amonge þe good whete, into þe dai of ripe. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower a1825 R. Forby (1830) II. 419 To correct swearing, lying..or any other kind of misbehaviour which might slacken the exertions, or break the harmony of the reap. 1826 in W. Hone (1827) II. 1167 The lord of the harvest [is] accompanied by his lady, (the person is so called who goes second in the reap). Compounds society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun] > specific service 1663 F. Philipps iii. 145 By summons of the Bayliffe upon a Generall Reap day or Magna precaria,..the Tenants as well free as Copiholders should yearly amongst them doe 199 dayes work for the Lord within the Manor. 1795 D. Lysons II. 188 (note) [Tenants] sent either all their labourers, or a part of them upon fixed days, called ‘dies precariæ’; i.e. bedryp, or reap-days. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton 397/1 Magna precaria, a great or general reap-day. 1897 W. Phillimore & W. H. Whitear 143 These men Gilbert and Brightnoth find for each dry reap day one man and to the reap days with ale they send two men. 1997 S. King iii. ii. 362 The whispering was a habit she'd picked up only recently, as Reap Day neared. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). reapn.3 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; modelled on a Japanese lexical item. Etymon: reap v.1 Etymology: < reap v.1 (compare reap v.1 5), after Japanese -gari, combining form of kari reaping (in names of techniques: see reaping n. 2). Compare earlier reaping n. 2 and osotogari n. Judo. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > martial arts > [noun] > judo or ju-jitsu > actions or positions 1968 K. Smith 167 Reap, an action of the leg or foot to sweep away the legs or feet of an opponent in execution of a throw. 1972 1 Aug. 8/5 During an O-Soto-gari, outer leg reap, he expells a low grunt as he flips his foe to the mat. 1975 R. Butler ii. 8 I..locked his arm and gave him what the judo boys call a ‘reap’ and his arm cracked loudly as he went down on his back. 2003 (Nexis) 15 Sept. 24 He tried to hang in but was eventually caught with an inner foot reap for the maximum ippon score. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reapv.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Probably ultimately < the same Indo-European base as rive v.1, although the exact relationship is difficult to explain phonologically. Compare ripe adj., n.2, and adv., ripple n.2It is uncertain whether the Old English and Middle English present tense forms covered at Forms 1α show a short vowel or a long vowel. A long ī would normally be expected in the present tense of a Class I strong verb (see below). However, back mutation in forms of the present tense before a back vowel in Anglian dialects (Mercian reop- , Northumbrian riop- , etc.: see Forms 1β and γ) suggests that the verb originally had a short ĭ in the present stem in these dialects (i.e. that it showed zero grade of the root in the present stem; compare mourn v.1, come v.), although this has been disputed by E. Seebold (see Vergleichendes u. etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (1970) 371), who assumes that the Anglian forms show shortening of the stem vowel, although this raises difficulties. The modern English forms listed at Forms 1α, although infrequent, appear to show the reflex of a Middle English long vowel, suggesting that the stem vowel i was not always short in the earlier periods (compare also the variant riip at reap n.2 α. forms and the discussion of the α. forms at that entry). Old English rypan perhaps shows rounding after r- and before labial -p- . The Northumbrian Old English forms at Forms 1γ probably also show a short vowel, since doubling of the consonant is chiefly found after a short vowel in this dialect, especially frequently with voiceless plosives such as p and in strong verbs (it is uncertain whether the doubling of p in these forms originally reflected a phonological lengthening of the consonant or was always purely graphic). Later γ. forms clearly show a short vowel, which could be inherited, but is probably at least partly due to later shortening (in the case of the modern English forms, shortening from the β. forms). The Middle English and modern English β. forms of the present tense continue the forms with back mutation, but in part probably also forms with open syllable lengthening of short i in Middle English (compare especially the early modern English form reepe at β. forms, which seems to show the reflex of a Middle English long close ē ). It is unclear whether Old English repað (one isolated attestation in a manuscript from Canterbury) may, alternatively, show a south-eastern inverse spelling for rypan ; if a genuine β form, it would probably have to be explained as being by analogy with the present stems of Class V strong verbs (compare below). The Middle English present tense forms ripye at α. forms and repie, repy at β. forms suggest that the Old English verb may have had a Class II weak by-form, but in Old English only strong inflection is attested. The word is inflected as a strong verb of Class I, as shown by the past tense plural ripon (Forms 2(i)α), attested only in West Saxon (although this may be only accidental). This paradigm is perhaps also reflected in the Middle English strong participle form ripe (Forms 3(i)γ), and may also have contributed to the strong past tense forms in rop- (Forms 2(i)δ ; < Old English 1st and 3rd singular past tense indicative *rāp ). However, the verb appears to have adopted the paradigm of a strong verb of Class V, seen earliest in late Old English past tense plural rǣpon (Forms 2(i)β). This development was perhaps originally Mercian, since in this variety the present stem vowel of Class I and Class V coincided with the eo in forms with back mutation (compare reopan at Forms 1β and e.g. cweoþan at queath v. Forms 1a). The later development of the strong past tense and past participle shows analogical developments similar to those of other former Class V strong verbs. The Middle English past tense form rap (Forms 2(i)γ) may show the original short vowel of Class V (compare e.g. spac at speak v. γ. forms), but raap clearly shows a long vowel (probably originally in disyllabic plural forms); compare spake , past tense of speak v. (compare also parallel forms of give v., eat v.). With past tense forms such as Middle English rope (Forms 2(i)δ) and past participle forms such as ropen (Forms 3(i)α; apparently adopted from Class IV strong verbs) compare spoke , spoken , past tense and past participle of speak v. (and compare parallel forms at weave v.1 and also break v.). The word is today inflected as a weak verb both in the past tense and the past participle except in a few regional varieties. (It is uncertain whether the rare strong past participle form reapen (Forms 3(i)β) should be regarded as a conscious archaism.) Occasionally the weak past tense and past participle forms show shortening of the stem vowel before a consonant group as in e.g. U.S. regional rept (past tense and past participle) and probably also early modern English reapt (compare e.g. leapt at leap v. Forms). In the English and U.S. regional past tense form rep (Forms 2(ii)) the final consonant group has apparently been simplified after shortening. In sense 5 after Japanese -gari , combining form of kari , lit. ‘reaping’ (in names of techniques: see reaping n. 2). In Old English the prefixed form gerῑpan (compare y- prefix) is also attested; compare:eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 895 On hærfæste,..þa hwile þe hie hira corn gerypon.OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John iv. 38 Ego misi uos metere quod uos non laborastis : ic sende iuh gehrioppa..þætte gie ne wunnon. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest [verb (intransitive)] > reap or mow eOE (Mercian) (1965) cxxv. 5 Qui seminant in lacrimis in gaudio metent : ða sawað in tearum in gefian hie reopað. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) xxxix. 285 Se ðe him ealneg wind ondræt, he sæwð to s[e]ldon; & se ðe him ælc wolcn ondrædt, ne ripð se næfre. OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxi. 269 Behealdað þas fleogendan fugelas, ðe ne sawað ne ne ripað. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) 5003 Heo tileden, heo seowen, heo repen, heo meowen. c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 126 in C. Horstmann (1887) 303 (MED) He ne þurte carie of non oþur weork, noþur to ripe ne mowe. 1340 (1866) 214 (MED) Huo þanne ssolde erye and zawe, ripe and mawe? c1384 (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xiv. 15 Sende thi sikel, and repe. c1425 (c1400) (Cambr.) (1895) 32 (MED) Of which hey, he þat schal repe schal not fille his hond. c1429 (1986) l. 4225 The austere juge wille repe in place whare he noght sewe. 1526 W. Bonde i. sig. Diii They dyd sowe and we do repe. 1584 A. Barlowe in R. Hakluyt (1589) iii. 731 In Maye they sowe, in July they reape: in June they sowe, in August they reape: in July they sowe, in September they reape. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. ii. 105 They that reap must sheafe and binde. View more context for this quotation 1648 Earl of Westmorland (1879) 175 With crooked Sickle reaps and bindes—Up into Sheaves to help the hindes. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur vii. 182 Where mankind reap too much, do not toil enough, and are liable to enjoy too fast the benefits of life. a1822 P. B. Shelley To Men of Eng. in (1996) 133 Sow seed,—but let no tyrant reap. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in (new ed.) II. 38 The reapers reap'd, And the sun fell, and all the land was dark. 1934 Z. N. Hurston xix. 236 Folks plantin' ain't eben takin' time tuh reap. Mules lef' standin' in de furrers. 2006 B. Morris 202 Stealing away from her mother and elder sisters who were reaping in the cornfields near Coate Water. 2. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > reap or mow a crop eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) iv. viii. 100 Athium þæt folc him geþuhte, þa hie heora corn ripon & heora cawelas afylled hæfdon, þæt ealle þa ear wæron blodege. lOE (Laud) anno 1089 Manig men ræpon heora corn onbutan Martines mæssan. a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 241 (MED) Þis corn..ripede in ierusalem; Iudas and þat leoðre folc hit repen and deden hit an þar rode. ?a1300 (Bodl.) (1916) 43 (MED) We repen oure corn & oure sseues knetten. a1350 (a1325) St. Cecilia (Ashm.) 153 in (1898) 3 82 (MED) In heruest..hi mowe vair corn repe. c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in (1888) 81 83 [The wheat] is ropen and leid ful lowe. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clvii. 1054 Rypmen haue yrepen þe corn wiþ hokes and ygadered it home. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) x. 127 (MED) Now in sum stede is panyk rope [L. metetur]. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. xviv Pees and beanes be moste commenly last reped or mowen. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius 107 The strawe, stubble..remaining in the grounde after the corne is rept. 1615 R. Hamor 17 We reaped not so much corne from the labours of 30 men, as three men haue done for themselues. 1667 J. Milton xii. 18 Labouring the soile, and reaping plenteous crop. View more context for this quotation 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in (new ed.) 325 No Man ever reapt his Corn, Or from the Oven drew his Bread. 1785 W. Cowper v. 203 They ploughed and sowed, And reaped their plenty without grudge or strife. 1812 J. Sinclair i. 268 Many have reaped more than 60 bolls [of potatoes] from one acre. 1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in 6 Sept. 624 I am told they give twelve shillings an acre for reaping wheat. 1909 94/1 There, amid the golden corn, the beautiful crop all ready to be reaped and garnered for the use of men. 1977 P. Kavanagh x. 78 While others were about to reap their oats, Peter had it already headed in stooks safe from the weather. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat ii. 44 The pea bines are reaped and the peas shelled in two almost simultaneous labour-saving operations. 2006 S. King ii. x. 254 The women were reaping the corn with sickles and laying it in strips to be made into stocks. OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxvi. 308 Gif we eow þa gastlican sæd sawað, hwonlic bið þæt we eowere flæsclican ðing ripon. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 20 in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 161 Ȝe mawen sculen and repen [v.r. ripen] þet ho er sowen. c1300 (Laud) (1873) 358 (MED) Þe furste sowingue of godes sed, of þe prophetes it was..þe Apostles comen sethþe and repen þat fruyt þat þarof cam. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxii. 8 Who sowith wickidnesse, shal repen euelis. c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer (Fairf. 16) (1879) Prol. l. 74 Wel I wot that ye han her-biforne of makynge ropen [?a1525 Addit. 9832 Repyne] and lad awey the corne. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) 1245 (MED) Suche as ye haue sowe Must ye nedes reepe. 1590 E. Spenser i. iv. sig. D6v I..Hop'd to reape the crop of all my care. 1667 J. Milton iii. 67 Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love. View more context for this quotation 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu 19 May (1965) I. 415 We dye, or grow old..before we can reap the fruit of our Labours. 1778 S. Crisp Let. a6 Nov. in F. Burney (1994) 176 My Object now is to reap the fruits of the Accommodation. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in (new ed.) II. 106 What is that to him that reaps not harvest of his youthful joys? 1886 23 July 75/1 He has recently reaped a golden harvest by carrying out the principles of the silver metallists. 1915 D. Haig Diary 11 Apr. in (2005) 115 I told them that we cannot hope to reap the fruits of victory without a large force of mounted troops. 1958 Visct. Montgomery (1961) 247 That has been the broad strategy of the Allies, and we have stuck to it and never wavered. We are now about to reap the harvest. 2005 (National ed.) 5 June iv. 3/4 The administration had been hoping to reap the fruits of its concerted push to improve ties with the European Union. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > reap or mow a crop > cut crop as in reaping 1547 W. Baldwin ii. xi. sig. M.iii Sowe good woorckes, and thou shalte reape the flowers of ioye and gladnes. 1579 T. Churchyard sig. Y.iijv I reapt but weeds, or thistles nothyng worthe. 1721 J. Mortimer II. 123 It will repair the hurt you have done to the Plants in reaping their Shoots. 1781 W. Cowper 753 We reap with bleeding hands Flowers of rank odour upon thorny lands. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in 21 Baskets heap'd Of amorous herbs and flowers, newly reap'd Late on that eve. 1931 P. S. Buck ii. 31 She roamed the country-side, reaping here a bit of grass and there a twig or a handful of leaves. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar iv. f. 104 In all other quarters ye corn was reaped down, & none standing any where saue in thys one place. 1649 W. Blith xi. 63 I'le..begin to enter upon it as soone as the Crop is reaped off. 1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil I. iv. 174 Black envenom'd Herbs she brings, reap'd down With brazen Sickles, by the glimmering Moon. 1775 253 As this grows up of an equal height, it is easy to reap off the heads or ears that contain the seed, with a sickle or reap-hook. 1915 19 Apr. 9/6 A machine gun, firing 600 shots a minute, can reap down advancing infantry like ripe corn. 1916 J. Galsworthy in E. Wharton 100 Having watched those unripe blades reaped off and stacked so pitifully. 2006 J. C. Kunich v. 169 Who but an immortal could inadvertently reap down thousands of living things with a sword as invisible as it is unsparing? the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > reap or mow a crop > reap or mow a field OE Ælfric (St. John's Oxf.) 104 Tui agros metis, þu ripst þine æceras. c1350 (Harl. 874) (1961) 116 (MED) He..sett his sikel in þe erþe & rape [v.r. repe] þe erþe. c1384 (Royal) James v. 4 Ȝoure werkmen..repiden ȝoure cuntrees. 1413–19 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 226 (MED) Thei shull lese her landes; And thogh thei sowe hem, the forsaide officers wolle repe hem and haue hem aftirward for euere. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan ii. ix. 108 Theyre landes were almost ripe for to be reped. 1526 James v. 4 The labourers which haue reped doune youre feldes. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 210v He rieped Asia and had all the eres, and I dooe but gather the stalkes. 1598 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 33 His chin new rept, Shewd like a stubble land at haruest home. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil 104 With thy Sickle reap the rankest land. View more context for this quotation 1742 W. Ellis Aug. vii. 25 In the Vale of Aylesbury four Men reap half Acre Land before them. 1785 W. Cowper v. 755 Ye may fill your garners, ye that reap The loaded soil. 1828 G. S. Faber III. v. vi. 307 If a king shall behold a country reaping or reaped..he shall quickly hear of the slaughter of his people. 1888 E. Lamplough Hull & Yorks. Frescoes in 472 One sword or scythe to feed or reap the soil. 1939 30 May 15/3 Some 35 years ago a man (Stubby Foster) made a bet that he would reap the field, then in wheat, in one day. 1960 O. Manning iv. 262 The drama of the German machines reaping the cities as they passed. 1978 R. Fletcher 139 The labourers may long reap down fields of plenty and be contented and happy. 2002 J. Cartwright xiii. 104 The fairway, which has been scarred by golf clubs and reaped by busy harvester ants. 4. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > as something desired or advantageous a1350 (a1325) St. Cecilia (Ashm.) 155 in (1898) 3 82 (MED) We scholleþ uor our trauail þi blisse repe atenende. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea x. 13 Ȝe han sowe vnpite, ȝe repiden [v.r. ropen; a1425 L.V. han rope v.r. repe] wickidnesse. a1425 (Cambr.) (1968) 13 (MED) What so euer þou weel dost þou schalt repe þe þank þi silff. a1500 (c1410) (Hunterian) (1976) i. 65 (MED) It is noo gret thyng þow we repyn amongys ȝow oure bodyly sustenaunce. 1573 T. Tusser (new ed.) f. 20v By malt ill kept, small profit is rept. 1630 W. Prynne 159 They can..reape nothing but discomfort from it. 1671 J. Milton 966 Why do I..suing For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate? View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele No. 262. ⁋6 Those Advantages, which the Publick may reap from this Paper. 1752 D. Hume (1777) I. 182 He reaps no satisfaction but from low and sensual objects. 1828 C. Lamb Char. Late Elia in 2nd Ser. 226 He sowed doubtful speeches, and reaped plain, unequivocal hatred. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) III. 197 The greatest blessing which you have reaped from wealth. 1928 A. I. Gates (rev. ed.) viii. 235 The child eagerly displays his injury; or even inflicts a cut or bruise in order to reap abundant sympathy. 1972 E. Longford II. xiv. 196 The Duke expected to reap the benefits of his triumph in a firmer political position. 2006 3 July 59/2 Dior reaped the glory for reviving the French luxury business. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer ii. 32 The shepheard foldes, And gathers at the spring the milke, which of his sheepe he reapes. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 132 When wit and youth is come to haruest, Your wife is like to reape a proper man. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero (rev. ed.) 69 The hils swarme with cattell and sheepe, from whence they reape plenty of butter, cheese, and milke. 1774 13 And all they reap, is cheese and ale. 1908 J. Payne 301 And wool but to reap, And not life, from the sheep And but milk from the goat and the cow. 1992 May–June 40/1 Now, Chinese experts say, one live bear can be milked of up to 100 times the amount of bile reaped from a single dead bear. the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or suddenly 1634 T. Herbert 50 The Bramini..vnresisted reaps her Virgin honour. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > martial arts > take part in martial arts [verb (transitive)] > actions 1950 E. J. Harrison iii. 56 When reaping your opponent's leg..you should turn your head..and gaze upwards at the ceiling. 1954 E. Dominy vii. 73 Now bring your right hip past his right and reap his leg away as already described. 1999 (Nexis) 10 Oct. The fight ended suddenly when he hoisted Seyilhanov into the air and then, with the action of a scythe, viciously reaped his legs sideways. PhrasesOE (Northumbrian) xxv. 26 Meto ubi non semino : ic hrippo [OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. rype, c1200 Hatton ripe] ðer ne seawu ic. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxv. 24 I wote that thou art an hard man; thou repist wher thou hast nat sewen, and thou gederist to gidre wher thou hast nat spreedde abrood. 1535 Matt. xxv. 26 I reape where I sowed not. 1578 J. Lyly f. 30v As thou hast reaped where an other hath sowen. 1673 M. Stevenson 33 We have a custom, no where else is known, For here we reap, where nothing e're was sown. 1798 G. Papendick iii. v. 50 My sons will never desire to reap where they have not sown. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality in 1st Ser. II. xix. 286 Thou art one of those, who would reap where thou hast not sowed, and divide the spoil while others fight the battle. a1861 A. H. Clough (1865) 130 Let moderns reap where ancients sowed. 1988 J. Trollope xiv. 265 In this life, Frank said more than once, you can only reap where you have sown. 1999 28 July 1/3 Our team recently..witnessed a constant stream of policemen shamelessly coming to reap where they have not sown. OE Glosses to Epigrammata of Prosper (Trin. Cambr. O.2.31) in H. D. Meritt (1945) 26/1 Quod serimus metimus : þæt we sawað þæt we repað. a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) 22 in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 220 Alle men sulle ripen þat hie ar sewen. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Gal. vi. 8 Forsothe what thingis a man schal sowe, and thes thing[es] he schal repe. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) 1245 (MED) Suche as ye haue sowe Must ye nedes reepe. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius 185 Quhat so euer a man saues, the same sal he raipe. 1678 J. Bunyan 226 You must there receive the comfort of all your toil, and have joy for all your sorrow; you must reap what you have sown. View more context for this quotation 1751 D. Mallet (new ed.) 69 Secure from the foe, We shall reap what we sow. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. i. vii. 116 If men, gentlemen born, will read uncanny books,..why they must reap what they sow. 1897 W. D. Howells (2006) 309 He sowed evil, and he must reap evil. He may never know it, but he will reap what he has sown. 1937 W. Kingsland 192 We must reap what we have sown in former lives. But we are also sowing for our coming ones. 2007 (Nexis) 19 Apr. 12 The US is reaping what it sows. It has become a violent society..and should not be surprised when wholesale death visits it. Derivatives the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed 1539 Judges xv. f. xix He sent them out..into the standing corne of the Philistines, and burnt up both the reped corne and also the standynge. 1613 T. Heywood iii. sig. G3 With faire Ceres Queene of graine The reaped fields we rome, rome, rome. 1765 3 193 At market I sold the reaped wheat at one pound per comb. 1844 H. Stephens III. 1069 In reaped sheaves..the straws are straight and hard pressed. a1978 S. T. Warner (1985) 138 She looked down on a reaped field dotted with fusty-looking black faggots. 2002 J. McGahern (2003) 136 These reaped meadows would give back their squares and rectangles of burned yellow light. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > reaping or mowing > reaped or mowed a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxvi. 5 Þe þressynge of repyn tylþys [L. messium] shal atake þe vindage. 1874 ‘Ouida’ 206 The purple brow of the just reapen lands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). reapv.2Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rip v.1 Etymology: Apparently a variant of rip v.1 (compare to rip up 4 at rip v.1 Phrasal verbs 1).Perhaps originally a reanalysis of rip (in to rip up : see to rip up 4 at rip v.1 Phrasal verbs 1) as reap v.1, arising from the homophony of rip v.1 with the γ. forms of the present tense of reap v.1 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] 1578 W. Baldwin et al. (new ed.) f. 128 So can God reape vp secret mischiefes wrought, To the confusion of the workers thought. 1580 J. Lyly (new ed.) f. 80v The iarres of friends, reaping vp all the hidden mallices, or suspitions or follyes that lay lurking in the minde. 1695 W. Congreve ii. i. 19 Nay Uncle, don't be angry—If you are, I'll reap up All your false Prophecies, ridiculous Dreams, and idle Divinations. I'll swear you are a Nusance to the Neighbourhood. 1698 J. Fryer 374 The Courtiers are shy of her Company, because of reaping up their old Sins. 1739 R. Cross I. xii. 137 She..wou'd have declin'd relating any Circumstance of her own, saying, it did not become old Women to reap up the Follies of their Youth. 1758 ‘Mrs. Richwould’ I. iii. 34 Some busy tongue..would reap up my whole life and character, to the utter blasting of my reputation for ever. 1784 III. lv. 74 You, Miss Sidney, cannot offer a greater insult to me, then to reap up the cursed name of Montague in my presence. 1825 J. Shaw 28 You shouldn't reap up things that's best forgot. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood III. 52 I am sorry you should have reaped up this matter. 1879 6 Aug. 3/2 My husband never hit me but once, and I reaped it up, so often, he begged me to let it drop. 1924 J. H. Wilkinson 174 He reap't up ivverything he knew ageean meh..for ten year back, the scamp. 1978 3 Jan. 11/5 I hope that Lord Longford will discontinue to reap up the past. 2000 (Nexis) 2 June What is the point of reaping up past injustice? 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