† atcreepv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To creep away.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > move off or away
steal1154
atslip?c1225
atcreepc1275
to steal one's wayc1385
glide1393
atslikec1400
fleetc1400
flinch1563
outsteala1586
leer1586
shift1594
shab1699
slive1707
ghost1833
to oil out1945
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2828 And qualden alle þa ilke þe aniht weoren atcropene [c1300 Otho awei crope].
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