Difference between revisions of "Rank"

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' superl.) [[Causing]] vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n. & v.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; - opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a). </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n. & v.) A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' adv.) Rankly; stoutly; violently. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' superl.) Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' superl.) Inflamed with venereal appetite. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n. & v.) [[Grade]] of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n. & v.) An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' superl.) Strong to the taste. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' n. & v.) Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' n. & v.) [[Degree]] of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank. </p> <p> '''(13):''' ''' (''' superl.) [[Raised]] to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy. </p> <p> '''(14):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation. </p> <p> '''(15):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To place abreast, or in a line. </p> <p> '''(16):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify. </p> <p> '''(17):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To take rank of; to outrank. </p> <p> '''(18):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division. </p>

<p> RANK, the old pret. of ring. Nearly obsolete. </p>

<p> ''''' raṇk ''''' : (1) ארח , <i> ''''' 'ōraḥ ''''' </i> , used in &nbsp; Joel 2:7 of the advance of the locust army which marched in perfect order and in straight lines, none crossing the other's track. (2) מערכה , <i> ''''' ma‛ărākhāh ''''' </i> , "battle array" (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:38 the King James Version; compare &nbsp; 1 Samuel 4:16; &nbsp;1 Samuel 17:22 , &nbsp;1 Samuel 17:48 ). See [[Army]] . </p>