en rapport

[ ahn ra-pawr, -pohr, ruh-; French ahn ra-pawr ]

adjective

1. in sympathy or accord; in agreement; congenial.

en rapport

/ ɑ̃ rapɔr /

adjective

1. in sympathy, harmony, or accord

Word History and Origins

Origin of en rapport¹

From French

Example Sentences

Many an otherwise noble and brave officer has utterly failed in endearing himself to his men; and there can be no doubt of the value of being thoroughly en rapport with them—the more as it in no way need relax discipline.

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Give them time to become en rapport with you, and quietude, that he may commune with the spirits you bring with you; for it is they, and not his controls, that furnish him with the history of your life, or point out the dangers that are threatening.

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And I may mention here that Miss Showers and I were so much en rapport that her manifestations were always much stronger in my presence.

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But if the person sleeps the wrong way and fails to become magnetically en rapport with the earth, he will then probably be too magnetic, and he will have a fever resulting from the magnetic forces working too fast, or he will not be magnetic enough, and the great strain will cause a feeling of lassitude, sleep will not be refreshing, and in the morning he will have no more energy than there is in a cake of soap.

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Unloosing a dory that was lying conveniently near, I boarded the Marie as she came about, thus putting myself en rapport with the Shoals by means of this little floating bridge, or island, as you may please to have it.

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