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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stab \Stab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stabbed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Stabbing}.] [Cf. OD staven to fix, fasten, fr stave,
staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E.
staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf
{Staff}.]
1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the
thrust of a pointed instrument; as to stab a man with a
dagger; also to thrust; as to stab a dagger into a
person.
2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or
slander; as to stab a person's reputation.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stabbed
adj : pierced with with a pointed weapon
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