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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\, n. The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eavesdrop \Eaves"drop`\, v. i. [Eaves + drop.] To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence to listen secretly to what is said in private. To eavesdrop in disguises. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: eavesdrop v : listen without the speaker's knowledge [syn: {listen in}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free -- The subject engaging them was she "I think," said one "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed her ear. "I will not stay," she said with a pout, "To hear my character lied about!" Gopete Sherany
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