Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being carried away or forcibly separated; separation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A snatching away.
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- noun obsolete A
snatching away.
Etymologies
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From Latin abreptus, perfect passive participle of abripiō ("snatch away"); from ab ("away") + rapiō ("snatch").
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