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rapport

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rapport  \Rap*port"\,  n.  [F.,  fr  rapporter  to  bring  again  or 
  back  to  refer;  pref.  re-  re-  +  apporter  to  bring  L. 
  apporter  to  bring  L.  apportare  Cf  {Report}.] 
  Relation;  proportion;  conformity;  correspondence;  accord. 
 
  'T  is  obvious  what  rapport  there  is  between  the 
  conceptions  and  languages  in  every  country.  --Sir  W. 
  Temple. 
 
  {En`  rap`port"}[F.],  in  accord,  harmony,  or  sympathy;  having 
  a  mutual,  especially  a  private,  understanding;  in 
  mesmerism,  in  that  relation  of  sympathy  which  permits 
  influence  or  communication. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rapport 
  n  1:  relation  of  mutual  understanding  or  trust  between  people 
  2:  a  feeling  of  sympathetic  understanding  [syn:  {compatibility}] 
  3:  sympathetic  compatibility  [syn:  {accord}]




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