Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rapport"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rapport \Rap*port"\, n. [F., fr. rapporter to bring again or
back, to refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, L.
apporter to bring, L. apportare. Cf. {Report}.]
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"}[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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rapport
n 1: relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement
between people [syn: {resonance}]
2: a feeling of sympathetic understanding [syn: {compatibility}]
3: sympathetic compatibility [syn: {accord}]
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