RANK
Rank, v. i.
1. To be ranged; to be set or disposed, an in a particular degree, class, order, or division. Let that one article rank with the rest. Shak.
2. To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
RANKER
Rank"er, n.
Defn: One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.
RANKLE
Ran"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rankled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rankling.]
Etym: [From Rank, a.]
1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; — used literally and figuratively. A malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke.
2. To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; — used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.
RANKLE
Ran"kle, v. t.
Defn: To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [R.] Beau. & Fl.