reap

  • 51reap what one sows — verb To receive as a reward or harvest in the same measure as ones exertions, in a good or a bad sense. To receive justice. For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap …

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  • 52Reap-silver — Money paid in commutation of harvest work once owed to a lord, particularly by townsmen. [< OldEngl. ripan = to reap] Cf. Sor penny …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 53reap what you sow — See you reap whatsoever you sow …

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  • 54reap the whirlwind — ► (sow the wind and) reap the whirlwind suffer serious consequences as a result of one s actions. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the Book of Hosea, chapter 8.] Main Entry: ↑whirlwind …

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  • 55reap the whirlwind — (sow the wind and) reap the whirlwind suffer serious consequences as a result of one s actions Origin: with biblical allusion to Hos. 8:7 …

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  • 56REAP — Resource Efficient Agricultural Production (Miscellaneous » Farming) * Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (Governmental » Military) * Read Encode Annotate Ponder (Community » Educational) * Residential Energy Assistance Partnership… …

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  • 57REAP — restriction endonuclease analysis of plasmid …

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  • 58REAP — Remote Entry Acquisition Package ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …

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  • 59þréap — m ( es/ as) troop, band …

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  • 60reap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. mow, cut, gather, harvest; acquire. See agriculture, acquisition, shortness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To harvest] Syn. cut, mow, glean, gather, pick, produce, crop, take the yield, gather the fruit,… …

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