Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
RAPE
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin rapa, rapum turnip, rape; akin to Old High German rāba turnip, rape, Lithuanian ropė
Date: 14th century
an Old World herb ( Brassica napus ) of the mustard family grown as a forage crop and for its seeds which yield rapeseed oil and are a bird food,
II. transitive verb (raped; raping)
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin rapere
Date: 14th century
1. to seize and take away by force, despoil , to commit rape on, raper noun rapist noun
III. noun
Date: 14th century
an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force, unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent, an outrageous violation,
IV. noun
Etymology: French râpe grape stalk
Date: 1657
grape pomace