Rank

·superl Strong to the taste.

II. Rank ·adv Rankly; stoutly; violently.

III. Rank ·vt To place abreast, or in a line.

IV. Rank ·superl Inflamed with venereal appetite.

V. Rank ·vt To take rank of; to Outrank.

VI. Rank ·superl Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.

VII. Rank ·noun & ·v A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.

VIII. Rank ·superl Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.

IX. Rank ·superl Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.

X. Rank ·vi To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.

XI. Rank ·noun & ·v A line of soldiers ranged side by side;

— opposed to file. ·see 1st File, 1 (a).

XII. Rank ·superl Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

XIII. Rank ·noun & ·v Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.

XIV. Rank ·noun & ·v Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.

XV. Rank ·noun & ·v Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.

XVI. Rank ·vt To range in a particular class, order, or division; to Class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to Classify.

XVII. Rank ·noun & ·v An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.

XVIII. Rank ·vi To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.