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9341 Etymology dictionary, p. race (v.).2
… meaning "run swiftly" is from 1757. Meaning "run against in a competition of speed" is from 1809. Transitive sense of "cause to run" is from 1860. In reference to an …
9342 Etymology dictionary, p. race (n.1).2
… , a hurried attack," also "a course of life or conduct, a swift current;" from Old Norse rās "a running, a rush (of water)," cognate with Old English ræs "a running, a rush …
9343 Etymology dictionary, p. race (n.1).3
… be run, passed over, or gone through, such as the course of time or events or a life (c. 1300) or the track of a heavenly body across the sky (1580s). To rue (one's) race (15c …
9344 Etymology dictionary, p. race (n.1).4
… in running, riding, etc." is from 1510s. For the sense of "artificial stream leading water to a mill, etc.," see race (n.3). Meaning "electoral contest for public office …
9345 Etymology dictionary, p. racing (n.).2
"the running of races, the occupation or business of arranging for or carrying on races," originally especially horse races, 1670s, verbal noun from race (v.).
9346 Etymology dictionary, p. race (n.3).2
… swift running, from Old Norse ras in its sense of "a rushing of water." Via Norman French the word entered French as ras, which might have given English race its …
9347 Etymology dictionary, p. race-horse (n.).2
"horse bred or kept for running in contests," 1620s, from race (n.1) + horse (n.).
9348 Etymology dictionary, p. race-track (n.).2
"a race-course, the path over which a race is run," 1814, from race (n.1) + track (n.).
9349 Etymology dictionary, p. radial (adj.).2
… cords run at right angles to the circumference. Related: Radially .
9350 Etymology dictionary, p. ragged (adj.).3
Of persons, "wearing tattered clothes," late 14c. From late 14c. of plants or leaves, "serrated." To run (someone) ragged is from 1915. Related: Raggedly; raggedness .
9351 Etymology dictionary, p. railroading (n.).2
1841, "business of making or running railways;" 1842, "travel by rail," from railroad (n.).
9352 Etymology dictionary, p. rampant (adj.).2
… " (in running rampant ), is recorded by 1610s, probably is via the notion of "fierce disposition" or else preserves the older French sense. Related: Rampantly .
9353 Etymology dictionary, p. random (adj.).2
… "a running" or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *randa (source also of Old High German rennen "to run," Old English rinnan "to flow, to run;" see run (v.)). For …
9354 Etymology dictionary, p. rankle (v.).2
… suppurate, run," from draoncle "abscess, festering sore," from Medieval Latin dracunculus, literally "little dragon," diminutive of Latin draco "serpent, dragon …
9355 Etymology dictionary, p. rat-race (n.).3
… . Rat-run is from 1870 in the sense of "maze-like passages by which rats move about their territory," but originally and usually in a derogatory transferred sense …
9356 Etymology dictionary, p. RBI (n.).2
also R.B.I., in baseball, 1947, short for run batted in .
9357 Etymology dictionary, p. recourse (n.).2
… "a running back, a going back," from past-participle stem of recurrere "run back, return," from re- "back, again" (see re- ) + currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). Especially …
9358 Etymology dictionary, p. recur (v.).2
… return, run back, hasten back," figuratively "revert, recur," from re- "back, again" (see re- ) + currere "to run" (from PIE root *kers- "to run"). Originally of persons; application …
9359 Etymology dictionary, p. recurrent (adj.).2
… recurrere "run back, hasten back, return" (see recur ). From 1590s as a noun ("recurrent artery or nerve," one turned back on itself).
9360 Etymology dictionary, p. recursion (n.).2
"return, backward movement," 1610s, from Latin recursionem (nominative recursio ) "a running backward, return," noun of action from past-participle stem of recurrere "run back" (see recur ).