Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AR-REP-TI'TIOUS
AR-REP-TI'TIOUS, a. [L. arreptus, of ad and rapio, to snatch. See Rapacious.]
- Snatched away.
- [ad and repo, to creep. See Creep.] Crept in privily. – Johnson. Bailey.
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