berob

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/bɪˈɹɒb/

verb

To rob; to plunder.

OriginMiddle English berobben →
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Meanings

verbberob (third-person singular simple present berobs, present participle berobbing, simple past and past participle berobbed)

present singular third person berobs · participle present berobbing · participle past berobbed · past berobbed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo rob; to plunder.

    Ah dearest Lord! what evil starre On you hath frownd, and pourd his influence bad, That of your selfe ye thus berobbed arre

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Middle Englishberobben
  2. Englishberob

From Middle English berobben; equivalent to be- + rob.

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APA

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