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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

obreptio

, fr.

obrepere

obreptum

, to creep up to;

(see

) +

repere

to creep.]

The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.

[Obs.]

Cudworth.

(Scots Law)

The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.

Bell.

Noun.

[L. obrepo; ob and repo, to creep.]

The act of creeping on with secrecy or by surprise.

obreption ‎(plural obreptions)

(obsolete) The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.
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(obsolete, Scotland, law) Act of obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.
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