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De - Pt| English Dictionary: harped | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Harp \Harp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harped}p. pr. & vb. n. {Harping}.] [AS. hearpian. See {Harp}, n.] 1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. --Rev. xiv. 2. 2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. [bd]Harpings upon old themes.[b8] --W. Irving. Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. --Shak. {To harp on one string}, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Collog.] | |
