Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Another spelling of
ripped , preterit and past participle of rip.
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- verb obsolete Simple past tense and past participle of
rip .
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Examples
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Post S.ript In a nod to its acquisition of Burlington Northern, in the section on preparations for Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting in May, Mr. Buffett closed with this postscript: "P.S. Come by rail."
Berkshire Trumpets Its Rebound, With Caveats Scott Patterson 2010
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And surely, the man turned upon her, and he caught her by her garments, and he ript her two garments utter from her, so that they came away and she did be free.
The Night Land 2007
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And lo! the creature did work slow in the brain, and in the end loost from me, abrupt, and went back with a leap, so that my hands did be ript from the throat of the Beast.
The Night Land 2007
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And I was utter shaked by the fall and lay very quiet for a time; for the rock had surely ript my body, but for the armour.
The Night Land 2007
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And the Humpt Man tore the pole out of his breast, and in the same instant I ript him from the head downward, so that he did be nigh in two halves; for I had no mercy in mine act, even though my heart did be something sorry.
The Night Land 2007
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And in that moment, before that I had time to save the maid, the Squat Man ript her; and she cried out once with a very dreadful scream, and was suddenly dead in the hands of the Brute – Man.
The Night Land 2007
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Liue Saints, til we haue ript the wombe of _Spayne_, And wounded
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And a thousand more such stories as these are ript up; that would burthen the strongest memory to bear them: and so much the more, because it is impossible to distinguish one from the t'other, when the men and the women that gabble so one among another.
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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And in that moment, before that I had time to save the maid, the Squat Man ript her; and she cried out once with a very dreadful scream, and was suddenly dead in the hands of the Brute-Man.
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And lo! the creature did work slow in the brain, and in the end loost from me, abrupt, and went back with a leap, so that my hands did be ript from the throat of the Beast.
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