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# drap

verb (dialect form of drop)

«drap» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

To let fall, or to fall; in one sentence it means to come by for a visit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/#m1)

### Then and now

A dialect form of "drop" used in Uncle Remus stories. Today we say "drop" or "drop by."

### Examples

- Brer Rabbit say he drap 'im. (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/#x1)
- "Drip, drap, drop, Will the milking soon stop?" (Grimm's Fairy Stories) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/#x2)
- Spose'n you drap roun' ter-morrer en take dinner wid me. (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/#x3)

### Note

Today: drop, drop by.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drap» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/drap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drap» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/drap.html) on Mova free.