reap \reap\ r=ep, v. t. imp.  p. p. reaped r=ept; p.
   pr.  vb. n. reaping. oe. repen, as. rimacpan to seize,
   reap; cf. d. rapen to glean, reap, g. raufen to pluck, goth.
   raupjan, or e. ripe.
   1. to cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as
      grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
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            when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt
            not wholly reap the corners of thy field. --lev.
                                                  xix. 9.
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   2. to gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest,
      or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a
      bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.
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            why do i humble thus myself, and, suing
            for peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate?
                                                  --milton.
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   3. to clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
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   4. to deprive of the beard; to shave. r. --shak.
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   reaping hook, an implement having a hook-shaped blade, used
      in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense,
      distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of
      serrated.
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see also:
reaped reaping reaping hook