berobv.
/bɪˈrɒb/ To rob.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)]
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benima1325
berob1340
pelfa1400
distress1490
derob1546
heave1567
shrive1630
strubc1680
spung1719
to do over1785
strong-arm1896
make1926
heist1930
to take off1937
hit1955
to knock off1960
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 39 Robberes..þet berobbeþ þe pilgrimes.
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. C He hath small reason, that hath a hode more fyne And wolde for malyce, berob the here of thyne.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. H3v That of your selfe ye thus berobbed arre.
1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 82 After..Achilles him Berobbed of life.
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