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Rep"tile (r?p"t?l;277), a. [F. reptile, L. reptilis, fr. repere, reptum, to creep; cf. Lith. reploti; perh. akin to L. serpere. Cf. Serpent.] 1. Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
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2. Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
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There is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution, but of fear. Burke.
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And dislodge their reptile souls
From the bodies and forms of men. Coleridge.
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Rep"tile, n. 1. (Zo&ö;l.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
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An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path;
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. Cowper.
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2. (Zo&ö;l.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
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&hand_; The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are still popularly called reptiles, though much more closely allied to the fishes.
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3. A groveling or very mean person.
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