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Webster 1913 Edition


Rasante


Raˊsante′

(rȧˊzäNt′)
,
Adj.
[F., p. pr. of
raser
to graze.]
(Fort.)
Sweeping; grazing; – applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them.
H. L. Scott.

Definition 2024


rasante

rasante

English

Adjective

rasante (comparative more rasante, superlative most rasante)

  1. (military, historical) Sweeping; grazing; applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, so that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them.
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French

Adjective

rasante

  1. feminine singular of rasant

German

Adjective

rasante

  1. inflected form of rasant

Italian

Verb

rasante

  1. present participle of rasare

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Spanish

Adjective

rasante m, f (plural rasantes)

  1. low-flying