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- [1] : 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.
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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.
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variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the
mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. --i.
watts.
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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.
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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.
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see also:
stole stolen stealing to steal a march
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stolen \stol"en\,
p. p. of steal.
1913 webster
see also:
steal
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stolen
adj : taken dishonestly; "the purloined letter" syn: purloined
see also:
purloined
- [4] : 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
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stolen
see steal
see also:
steal
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