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purloined |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purloined}; p. pr & vb n. {Purloining}.] [OF. purloignier porloignier to retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (L. pro) + loin far far off (L. longe). See {Prolong}, and cf {Eloign}.] To take or carry away for one's self hence to steal; to take by theft; to filch. Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. --Milton. when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ? --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: purloined adj : taken dishonestly; "the purloined letter" [syn: {stolen}]
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