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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
steal .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And all the Kings of the isles had said, “Whoso stealeth us one of these stallions, we will give him all he seeketh of red gold and pearls and gems;” but none could avail to steal them.
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He answered, “The fellow is a thief, who stealeth the stuffs of folk.” —
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Whenever any one giveth thee aught, a thief stealeth it from thee!
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He is a thief who stealeth the stuffs of folk; he hath robbed me of cloth, how many a time! and I still said in myself,
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With this Masrur was confounded and could make her no answer; but presently she said, “Indeed, the master-thief, if he steal, stealeth not but what is worth his neck, and every woman who doth lewdness with other than her husband is styled a thief; so, if it must be thus and no help320, thou shalt give me whatsoever my heart desireth of money and raiment and ornaments and what not.”
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For him that stealeth a Book from this Library, let it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him.
"Scrotum sounded to Lucky like something green that comes up when you have the flu and cough too much." Ann Althouse 2007
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Hence the text continues: “For he stealeth to fill his hungry soul.”
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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Beauty, that every charm stealeth of every fair.
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Beauty, that every charm stealeth of every fair.
Poems and Fragments 2006
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And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
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