Definition for RA-PA'CIOUS

RA-PA'CIOUS, a. [L. rapax, from rapio, to seize. See Rap.]

  1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force; as, a rapacious enemy. Well may thy lord, appeas'd, / Redeem thee quite from death's rapacious claim. – Milton.
  2. Accustomed to seize for food; subsisting on prey or animals seized by violence; as, a rapacious tiger; a rapacious fowl.

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