Emily Dickinson Lexicon

REAP, v.t. [Sax. rip, hrippe, gerip, harvest; ripan, to reap; ripe, ripe; rypan, to rip; probably to reafian, to seize, spoil, lay waste, L. rapio, G. reif, ripe, D. raapen, to reap, ryp, ripe, Gr. ἁρπη, a sickle, ἁρπαω, to reap, L. carpo, Eng. crop. See Class Rb, No. 18, 26, 27.]

1. To cut grain with a sickle; as, to reap wheat or rye. When ye reap the harvest, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. – Lev. xix.
2. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
3. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward, or as the fruit of labor or of works; in a good or bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions. He that soweth to the flesh, shall from the flesh reap corruption. – Gal vi. Ye have plowed wickedness; ye have reaped iniquity. – Hos. v.