[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stale \stale\ st=al, n. oe. stale, stele, as. stael, stel;
   akin to lg.  d. steel, g. stiel; cf. l. stilus stake, stalk,
   stem, gr. steleo`n a handle, and e. stall, stalk, n.
   the stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.
   written also steal, stele, etc.
   1913 webster

         but seeing the arrow's stale without, and that the head
         did go
         no further than it might be seen.        --chapman.
   1913 webster
see also:
steal stele 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

steal \steal\ st=el, v. t. imp. stole st=ol; p. p.
   stolen st=o"l'n; p. pr.  vb. n. stealing. oe.
   stelen, as. stelan; akin to ofries. stela, d. stelen, ohg.
   stelan, g. stehlen, icel. stela, sw. stjaumla, dan.
   stiaele, goth. stilan.
   1. to take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without
      right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to
      steal the personal goods of another.
      1913 webster

            maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence
            or steal, or beg, or borrow, thy dispense.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            the man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets
            in alms.                              --g. eliot.
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   2. to withdraw or convey clandestinely reflexive; hence, to
      creep furtively, or to insinuate.
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            they could insinuate and steal themselves under the
            same by their humble carriage and submission.
                                                  --spenser.
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            he will steal himself into a man's favor. --shak.
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   3. to gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
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            so absalom stole the hearts of the men of israel.
                                                  --2 sam. xv.
                                                  6.
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   4. to get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible
      degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and
      imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
      1913 webster

            variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the
            mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. --i.
                                                  watts.
      1913 webster

   5. to accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try
      to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
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            always, when thou changest thine opinion or course,
            profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal
            it.                                   --bacon.
      1913 webster

   to steal a march, to march in a covert way; to gain an
      advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now
      by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march
      upon one's political rivals.
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            she yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor liddy.
                                                  --smollett.
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            fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over
            the sea.                              --walpole.
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   syn: to filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve.
        1913 webster
see also:
stole stolen stealing to steal a march 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

steal \steal\ st=el, n. see stale a handle.
   a handle; a stale, or stele. archaic or prov. eng.
   1913 webster

         and in his hand a huge poleax did bear.
         whose steale was iron-studded but not long. --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
stale 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

steal \steal\ st=el, v. i.
   1. to practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or
      theft.
      1913 webster

            thou shalt not steal.                 --ex. xx. 15.
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   2. to withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away,
      unperceived; to go or come furtively. --chaucer.
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            fixed of mind to avoid further entreaty, and to fly
            all company, one night she stole away. --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
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            from whom you now must steal, and take no leave.
                                                  --shak.
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            a soft and solemn breathing sound
            rose like a steam of rich, distilled perfumes,
            and stole upon the air.               --milton.
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[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

steal
     n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
          auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" syn:
           bargain, buy
     2: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances
        safely during the delivery of a pitch without the help of
        a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch
     v 1: take without the owner's consent; "someone stole my wallet
          on the train"; "this author stole entire paragraphs from
          my dissertation"
     2: move stealthily; "the ship slipped away in the darkness"
        syn: slip
     3: steal a base
     4: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around
        spying on the neighbor's house" syn: sneak, mouse, creep,
         pussyfoot
     also: stolen, stole
see also:
bargain buy slip sneak mouse creep 
pussyfoot stolen stole 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

165 moby thesaurus words for "steal":
   abstract, acquire, adopt, advantageous purchase, and, annex,
   appropriate, assume, bag, bargain, boost, borrow, burglarize,
   burglary, buy, cabbage, caper, catch up, claim, clap hands on,
   clasp, claw, clench, clinch, clout, clutch, collar, coon, cop,
   copy, couch, crawl, creep, crib, crook, defraud, derive from,
   drain off, draw off, embezzle, embrace, extort, filch, fleece,
   frisk, get, get away with, get hold of, glide, glom on to,
   go on tiptoe, good buy, good pennyworth, grab, grab hold of,
   grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grovel, gumshoe, heist, hijack, hoist,
   hook, hug, imitate, inch, inch along, infringe, job, larceny,
   lay hands on, lay hold of, lay wait, liberate, lie in wait, lift,
   loot, lurk, make off with, make use of, misappropriate, mock,
   mooch, mouse, nab, nail, nick, nightwalk, nip, nip up, pad, palm,
   partake, peculate, pennyworth, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate,
   plagiarize, plunder, poach, pocket, possess, prig, prowl, purloin,
   purloining, pussyfoot, receive, rifle, rip-off, rob, robbery,
   run away with, rustle, scrabble, scramble, scrounge, seize, shadow,
   shanghai, shirk, shoplift, sidle, simulate, skulk, slide, slink,
   slip, snake, snap up, snare, snatch, sneak, snitch, stalk,
   steal along, stealage, stealing, swindle, swipe, take, take away,
   take by assault, take by storm, take hold of, take on, take over,
   take possession, theft, thieve, thievery, thieving, tippytoe,
   tiptoe, touch, usurp, vulture, walk off with, whip up, worm,
   worm along

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