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rapining

rapining is the present participle and gerund of rapine.

Meaning of rapine

Verb

rapine (third-person singular simple present rapines, present participle rapining, simple past and past participle rapined)

  1. (transitive) To plunder.
    • A Tyrant doth not only rapine his Subjects, but spoils and robs Churches.1619, George Buck, History of Richard III

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Questions about rapining

What is rapining the present participle and gerund of?
Rapining is the present participle and gerund of rapine.

Words near rapining in the dictionary

  1. rapines
  2. raping
  3. rapingly
  4. rapings
  5. rapini
  6. rapining
  7. Rapinoe
  8. rapinous
  9. rapism
  10. rapismatid
  11. rapismatids

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