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lurked |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lurk \Lurk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lurked}; p. pr & vb n. {Lurking}.] [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source of E. lower to frown. See {Lower}, and cf {Lurch}, a sudden roll, {Lurch} to lurk.] 1. To lie hid; to lie in wait. Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den. --Spenser. Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. --Prov. i. 11. 2. To keep out of sight. The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks. --Blackstone.
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