Category:Rapport

Rap*port", n. Etym: [f., fr. rapporter to bring again or back, to Refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, l. apporter to bring, l. Apportare. Cf. Report.]

Defn: relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord. 't is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and Languages in every country. Sir w. Temple. En` rap`port" ( etym: [f.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a Mutual, especially a private, understanding; in mesmerism, in that Relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication.