to rap and rend

Rap \Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rapped} (r[a^]pt), usually
   written {Rapt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapping}.] [OE. rapen; akin
   to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan.
   rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush,
   hurry. The word has been confused with L. rapere to seize.
   Cf. {Rape} robbery, {Rapture}, {Raff}, v., {Ramp}, v.]
   1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
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            And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt
            The whirring chariot.                 --Chapman.
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            From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund
            Bacon, to Redgrove.                   --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.
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   2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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   3. To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to
      transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or
      rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
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            I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
                                                  --Addison.
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            Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope.
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   4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Low]
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   5. To engage in a discussion, converse.
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   6. (ca. 1985) to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often
      with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by
      some as a type of music; see {rap music}.
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   {To rap and ren}, {To rap and rend}. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa
      to hurry and r[ae]na plunder, fr. r[=a]n plunder, E. ran.]
      To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden.
      "[Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne." --Chaucer.
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            All they could rap and rend and pilfer. --Hudibras.
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   {To rap out}, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.
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            A judge who rapped out a great oath.  --Addison.
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Rend \Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r[e^]nt); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries.
   renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to
   push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[ae]na to rob,
   plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor.
   ranna.]
   1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to
      tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock
      in blasting; lightning rends an oak.
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            The dreadful thunder
            Doth rend the region.                 --Shak.
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   2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
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            An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden.
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            I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings
                                                  xi. 11.
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   {To rap and rend}. See under {Rap}, v. t., to snatch.
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   Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture;
        crack; split.
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