1. harvest crops with a sickle, gather a harvest; earn, win, gain. reapreap , v. t. [imp. & p. p. raped ; p. pr. & vb. n. reaping.] [oe. repen, as. rīpan to seize, reap; cf. d. rapen to glean, reap, g. raufen to pluck, goth. raupjan, or e. ripe.]