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Webster 1913 Edition

Rapid

Rap′id

(răp′ĭd)
,
Adj.
[L.
rapidus
, fr.
rapere
to seize and carry off, to snatch or hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr.
ἀρπάζειν
: cf. F.
rapide
. Cf.
Harpy
,
Ravish
.]
1.
Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast;
as, a
rapid
stream; a
rapid
flight; a
rapid
motion.
Ascend my chariot; guide the
rapid
wheels.
Milton.
2.
Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence;
as,
rapid
growth;
rapid
improvement;
rapid
recurrence;
rapid
succession.
3.
Quick in execution;
as, a
rapid
penman
.
Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,
The
rapids
are near, and the daylight’s past.
Moore.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rapid

RAP'ID

,
Adj.
[L. rapidus, from rapio, the primary sense of which is to rush.]
1.
Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; as a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
Part shun the goal with rapid wheels.
2.
Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; as rapid growth; rapid improvement.
3.
Of quick utterance of words; as a rapid speaker.

Definition 2024

ràpid

ràpid

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Adjective

ràpid m ‎(feminine ràpida, masculine plural ràpids, feminine plural ràpides)

  1. rapid; quick; fast; speedy

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