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  • 51Rapaciousness — Rapacious Ra*pa cious (r[.a]*p[=a] sh[u^]s), a. [L. rapax, acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See {Rapid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. The downfall of… …

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  • 52Rapine — Rap ine (r[a^]p [i^]n), n. [F. rapine; cf. Pr. & It. rapina; all fr. L. rapina, fr. rapere to seize and carry off by force. See {Rapid}, and cf. {Raven} rapine.] 1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force;… …

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  • 53Ravage — Rav age (r[a^]v [asl]j; 48), n. [F., fr. (assumed) L. rapagium, rapaticum, fr. rapere to carry off by force, to ravish. See {Rapacious}, {Ravish}.] Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of… …

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  • 54Timeline of Galician History — History of Galicia caption=|Paleolithic*200th millennium BC – In the Paleolithic period the Neanderthal Man enters the Iberian peninsula. *70th millennium BC **Neanderthal Mousterian culture. **Beginning of the Last Ice Age. *40th millennium BC… …

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  • 55Jus Spolii — Jus Spolii, Latin for Right of Spoil, also called Jus Exuviarum or Rapite Capite, was a claim, exercised in the feudal era, of succession to the property of deceased clerics, at least such as they had derived from their ecclesiastical benefices.… …

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  • 56Jus Spolii — • A claim, exercised in the Middle Ages, of succession to the property of deceased clerics, at least such as they had derived from their ecclesiastical benefices Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Jus Spolii     Jus Spolii …

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  • 57onberan — sv/t4 3rd pres onbirþ past onbær/onbǽron ptp onboren 1. to carry off, plunder; diminish, weaken; 2. to be situated? …

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  • 58réafian — 1 wv/t2 1. to plunder, rifle, spoil, ravage, waste, rob, take by force, (1) a person; (1a) to rob a person of something (α) w.g.; hé wile réafian hine his ánwealdes; (β) with prep; æt w.d.; gif man réafie óðerne æt his dehter; (2) a place; 2. to… …

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  • 59rapine — (n.) early 15c., from M.Fr. rapine (12c.), from L. rapina robbery, plunder, from rapere seize, carry off, rob (see RAPID (Cf. rapid)) …

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  • 60rifle — v. a. 1. Seize, snatch away, carry off. 2. Rob, pillage, plunder, strip, despoil, fleece …

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