KJV Dictionary Definition: rank

rank

RANK, the old pret. of ring. Nearly obsolete.

ranked

RANK'ED, pp. Placed in a line; disposed in an order or class; arranged methodically.

ranking

RANK'ING, ppr. Placing in ranks or lines; arranging; disposing in orders or classes; having a certain rank or grade.

rankness

RANK'NESS, n.

1. Vigorous growth; luxuriance; exuberance; as the rankness of plants or herbage.

2. Exuberance; excess; extravagance; as the rankness of pride; the rankness of joy.

3. Extraordinary strength.

The crane's pride is in the rankness of her wing.

4. Strong taste; as the rankness of flesh or fish.

5. Rancidness; rank smell; as the rankness of oil.

6. Excessiveness; as the rankness of a composition or modus.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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