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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ramp  \Ramp\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ramped}  (?;  215);  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Ramping}.]  [F.  ramper  to  creep,  OF.,  to  climb;  of  German 
  origin;  cf  G.  raffen  to  snatch,  LG  &  D.  rapen.  See  {Rap}  to 
  snatch,  and  cf  Romp.] 
  1.  To  spring;  to  leap;  to  bound;  to  rear;  to  prance;  to 
  become  rampant;  hence  to  frolic;  to  romp. 
 
  2.  To  move  by  leaps,  or  by  leaps;  hence  to  move  swiftly  or 
  with  violence. 
 
  Their  bridles  they  would  champ, 
 
  And  trampling  the  fine  element  would  fiercely  ramp. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  3.  To  climb,  as  a  plant;  to  creep  up 
 
  With  claspers  and  tendrils,  they  [plants]  catch 
  hold  .  .  .  and  so  ramping  upon  trees,  they  mount  up 
  to  a  great  height.  --Ray. 




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