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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Rampart, Rampirenoun

    Etymology: rempart, Fr.

    She felt it, when past preventing, like a river; no rampires being built against it, till already it have overflowed. Philip Sidney.

    Yo’ have cut a way for virtue, which our great men
    Held shut up, with all ramparts, for themselves. Ben Jonson.

    He who endeavours to know his duty, and practises what he knows, has the equity of God to stand as a mighty wall or rampart between him and damnation for any infirmities. South.

    The son of Thetis, rampire of our host,
    Is worth our care to keep. Dryden.

    The Trojans round the place a rampire cast,
    And palisades about the trenches plac’d. Dryden.

    No standards, from the hostile ramparts torn,
    Can any future honours give
    To the victorious monarch’s name. Matthew Prior.

  2. To Rampart, To Rampireverb

    To fortify with ramparts. Not in use.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Set but thy foot
    Against our rampir’d gates, and they shall ope. William Shakespeare.

    The marquis directed part of his forces to rampart the gates and ruinous places of the walls. John Hayward.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rampirenoun

    a rampart

  2. Rampireverb

    to fortify with a rampire; to form into a rampire

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rampire

    ram′pīr, n.=Rampart.—adj. Ram′pired.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. rampire

    The same as rampart,—seldom used except in poetry.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rampire in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rampire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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