Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

stolemore about stole

stole

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steal  \Steal\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Stole};  p.  p.  {Stolen};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Stealing}.]  [OE.  stelen,  AS  stelan;  akin  to  OFries 
  stela,  D.  stelen,  OHG.  stelan,  G.  stehlen  Icel.  stela,  SW 
  stj["a]la,  Dan.  sti[ae]le,  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. 
 
  Maugre  thy  heed,  thou  must  for  indigence  Or  steal, 
  or  borrow,  thy  dispense.  --Chaucer. 
 
  The  man  who  stole  a  goose  and  gave  away  the  giblets 
  in  ?lms.  --G.  Eliot. 
 
  2.  To  withdraw  or  convey  clandestinely  (reflexive);  hence  to 
  creep  furtively,  or  to  insinuate. 
 
  They  could  insinuate  and  steal  themselves  under  the 
  same  by  their  humble  carriage  and  submission. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  He  will  steal  himself  into  a  man's  favor.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  gain  by  insinuating  arts  or  covert  means 
 
  So  Absalom  stole  the  hearts  of  the  men  of  Israel. 
  --2  Sam.  xv 
  6. 
 
  4.  To  get  into  one's  power  gradually  and  by  imperceptible 
  degrees;  to  take  possession  of  by  a  gradual  and 
  imperceptible  appropriation;  --  with  away 
 
  Variety  of  objects  has  a  tendency  to  steal  away  the 
  mind  from  its  steady  pursuit  of  any  subject.  --I. 
  Watts. 
 
  5.  To  accomplish  in  a  concealed  or  unobserved  manner;  to  try 
  to  carry  out  secretly;  as  to  steal  a  look 
 
  Always  when  thou  changest  thine  opinion  or  course, 
  profess  it  plainly,  .  .  .  and  do  not  think  to  steal 
  it  --Bacon. 
 
  {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. 
 
  She  yesterday  wanted  to  steal  a  march  of  poor  Liddy. 
  --Smollett. 
 
  Fifty  thousand  men  can  not  easily  steal  a  march  over 
  the  sea.  --Walpole. 
 
  Syn:  To  filch;  pilfer;  purloin;  thieve. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stole  \Stole\, 
  imp.  of  {Steal}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stole  \Stole\,  n.  [L.  stolo,  -onis.]  (Bot.) 
  A  stolon. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stole  \Stole\,  n.  [AS.  stole,  L.  stola,  Gr  ?  a  stole,  garment, 
  equipment,  fr  ?  to  set  place  equip,  send  akin  to  E. 
  stall.  See  {Stall}.] 
  1.  A  long,  loose  garment  reaching  to  the  feet.  --Spenser. 
 
  But  when  mild  morn,  in  saffron  stole,  First  issues 
  from  her  eastern  goal.  --T.  Warton. 
 
  2.  (Eccl.)  A  narrow  band  of  silk  or  stuff,  sometimes  enriched 
  with  embroidery  and  jewels,  worn  on  the  left  shoulder  of 
  deacons,  and  across  both  shoulders  of  bishops  and  priests, 
  pendent  on  each  side  nearly  to  the  ground.  At  Mass,  it  is 
  worn  crossed  on  the  breast  by  priests.  It  is  used  in 
  various  sacred  functions. 
 
  {Groom  of  the  stole},  the  first  lord  of  the  bedchamber  in  the 
  royal  household.  [Eng.]  --Brande  &  C. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stole 
  n  :  a  wide  scarf  worn  about  their  shoulders  by  women




more about stole