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Webster 1913 Edition


Rob

Rob

,
Noun.
[F.; cf. Sp.
rob
, It.
rob
,
robbo
, Pg.
robe
,
arrobe
, Ar.
rubb
,
robb
, Per.
rub
.]
The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.
[Written also
rhob
, and
rohob
.]

Rob

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Robbed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Robbing
.]
[OF.
rober
, of German origin; cf. OHG.
roub[GREEK]n
, G.
rauben
, and OHG.
roub
robbing, booty, G.
raub
. √114. See
Reave
,and cf.
Robe
.]
1.
To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.
Who would
rob
a hermit of his weeds,
His few books, or his beads, or maple dish?
Milton.
He that is
robbed
, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he’s not
robbed
at all.
Shakespeare
To be executed for
robbing
a church.
Shakespeare
2.
(Law)
To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.
3.
To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud;
as, to
rob
one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree
robs
the plants near it of sunlight.
I never
robbed
the soldiers of their pay.
Shakespeare

Rob

,
Verb.
I.
To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.
I am accursed to
rob
in that thief's company.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Rob

ROB

,
Noun.
The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, mixed with honey or sugar to the consistence of a conserve.

ROB

, v.t.
1.
In law, to take from the person of another feloniously, forcibly and by putting him in fear; as, to rob a passenger on the road.
2.
To seize and carry from any thing by violence and with felonious intent; as, to rob a coach; to rob the mail.
3.
To plunder; to strip unlawfully; as, to rob an orchard; to rob a man of his just praise.
4.
To take away by oppression or by violence.
Rob not the poor because he is poor. Prov. 22.
5.
To take from; to deprive. A large tree robs smaller plants near it of their nourishment.
6.
In a loose sense, to steal; to take privately without permission of the owner.
7.
To withhold what is due. Mal 3.

Definition 2024


Rob

Rob

See also: rob, røb, ròb, and rób

English

Proper noun

Rob

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
  2. (rare compared to the pet form) A surname, derived from Robert.

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Anagrams

rob

rob

See also: Rob, røb, ròb, and rób

English

Verb

rob (third-person singular simple present robs, present participle robbing, simple past and past participle robbed)

  1. (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
    He robbed three banks before he was caught.
  2. (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
    The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
  3. (transitive, figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).
    Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
    • 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter I:
      Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
  4. (intransitive, slang) To burgle.
    • 2008, National Public Radio, All Things Considered, Sept 4, 2008
      Her house was robbed.
  5. (intransitive) To commit robbery.
  6. (sports) To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
    • 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:
      Kevin Mirallas then robbed Bacary Sagna to run into the area and draw another save from Szczesny as the Gunners held on to lead at the break.
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Etymology 2

French; compare Spanish rob, Italian rob, robbo, Portuguese robe, arrobe, Persian ربودن (present stem: robâ) and also similar in Arabic.

Alternative forms

  • rhob, rohob

Noun

rob (uncountable)

  1. The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire until it reaches a syrupy consistency. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rob.

Noun

rob (plural robbe)

  1. seal (pinniped)

Synonyms


Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (slave). Compare Daco-Romanian rob.

Noun

rob m (plural roghi, feminine equivalent roabã)

  1. slave

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • rubuescu

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rob/
  • Rhymes: -op
  • Homophone: rop

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *orbъ (servant, slave), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (orphan, child slave or servant).[1]. Compare English robot and Russian рабо́та (rabóta).

Noun

rob m

  1. (obsolete) slave, serf
    • 1887, Josef Václav Sládek, “Z osudu rukou”, in Selské písně a české znělky, line 7:
      Tak všichni jsme z lidí, vládce i rob.
      So we are all of people, both a ruler and a serf.
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Etymology 2

Noun

rob f

  1. genitive plural of roba

Etymology 3

Verb

rob

  1. second-person singular imperative of robit

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Anagrams

References

  1. "rab" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, ISBN 978-80-7335-393-3, page 576.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

rob m (plural robben, diminutive robbetje n)

  1. seal (sea mammal)

Synonyms


Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (slave), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (orphan).

Noun

rob m (plural robi, feminine equivalent roabă)

  1. slave

Declension

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Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From West Slavic dialects, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (slave), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (orphan). Compare English robot and Russian рабо́та (rabóta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rôb/

Noun

rȍb m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏б)

  1. slave

Declension

References

  • rob” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Noun

rob m (plural robes)

  1. fruit syrup

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