Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and
would tax the men two or three times in a year.
Berners.
Ran"som*a*ble (-*b'l), a. Such as can be ransomed.
Ran"som*er (-r), n. One who ransoms or redeems.
Ran"som*less, a. Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom. Shak.
Rant (rnt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ranted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ranting.] [OD.
ranten, randen, to dote, to be enraged.] To rave in violent,
high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to
be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a
ranting preacher.
Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes!
Shak.
Rant, n. High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of
thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of
fanatics.
This is a stoical rant, without any foundation in the nature of man
or reason of things.
Atterbury.
Rant"er (-r), n. 1. A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645;
-- called also Seekers. See Seeker. (b) One of the Primitive
Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of
their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt.
Rant"er*ism (-z'm), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The practice or tenets of the
Ranters.
Rant"ing*ly, adv. In a ranting manner.
Rant"i*pole (-*pl), n. [Ranty + pole, poll, head.] A wild, romping
young person. [Low] Marryat.