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Webster 1913 Edition
Rapport
Rap-port′
(răp-pōrt′; F. rȧˊpôr′)
, Noun.
[F., fr.
rapporter
to bring again or back, to refer; pref. re-
re- + 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"
(äNˊ rȧˊpôr′)
[F.]
, in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in hypnotism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rapport
RAP'PORT
,Noun.