RAMP, v.i. [See Ramble and Romance.] 1. To climb, as a plant; to creep up.Plants furnished with tendrils catch hold, and so ramping on trees, they mount to a great height.2. To spring; to leap; to bound; to prance; to frolic.Their bridles they would champ - and trampling the fine element, would fiercely ramp.Sporting the lion ramp'd.[In the latter sense, the word is usually written and pronounced romp; the word being originally pronounced with a broad.]RAMP, n. A leap; a spring; a bound.
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