therap

therap verb: to administer therapy.

Verb

therap (third-person singular simple present theraps, present participle therapping, simple past and past participle therapped)

(nonstandard, rare) To administer therapy.
- But the real problems of life, the insoluble ones of death and pain, illness, and the irreversibility of time and of old age and the like are all insoluble and cannot be therapped away.1962, Abraham Harold Maslow, Summer Notes on Social Psychology of Industry and Management at Non-Linear Systems, Inc., Del Mar, California, page 40
- […] the difficult cases which should have gone where they could be therapped or whatever the psychoanalysts do, and don't get there.1964, Institute for Juvenile Court Judges and Referees, Proceedings, page 195

Or to put it another way, if I want therapy I'll get therapped by my comrades at home, and if I travel to a conference I want to confer.1979, Peace News for Nonviolent Revolution - Issues 2087-2110:
When we counsel, when we analyse, when we therap.2002, Josephine Klein, Challenges to Practice, foreword:

third-person singular present	theraps
present participle	therapping
past participle	therapped
past	therapped

Back-formation from therapist.

What does therap mean?: Therap means to administer therapy.
How do you use therap in a sentence?: Or to put it another way, if I want therapy I'll get therapped by my comrades at home, and if I travel to a conference I want to confer.
What part of speech is therap?: Therap is a verb.
What is the past tense of therap?: The past tense of therap is therapped.

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