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Definition of Reaps
1. reap [v] - See also: reap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reaps
Literary usage of Reaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"A new tenant upon an arable farm reaps none of the produce till the autumn after
his tenancy commenced, and yet he must pay up to that autumn according to ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"The commerce which France carries on with the North Americans, is all the reward
flie reaps from having expended probably fifty millions ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1869)
"... should be taken from the producer and consumer for transportation charges for
tlie whole country reaps the benefit of any reduction in these rates. ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"The fallacy here lies in supposing that the landed interest alone reaps the benefit.
When a tax is laid on foreign corn, or even a bounty paid on ..."
5. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"What is that to him that reaps not harvest of his youthful joys, Tho' the deep
heart of existence beat forever like a boy's? 140 Knowledge comes, but wisdom ..."
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